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Published: 2018-06-07
Page range: 281–288
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Typification and an emended description of Musa splendida (Musaceae)

Department of Biological Resources, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 85 Trần Quốc Toản Road, District 3, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoàng Quốc Việt, Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội, Vietnam. Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 39, 75005 Paris, France.
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166–0299, USA. Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 39, 75005 Paris, France.
Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 39, 75005 Paris, France.
Musa nomenclature section Callimusa typification Vietnam Monocots

Abstract

The type material of the Vietnamese wild banana Musa splendida (Musaceae), long thought to have been lost, was recently discovered in the Paris herbarium and here designated as a lectotype. Given its poor quality, an epitype is designated for adequate application of this name. An emended description of M. splendida is provided, with information on several morphological characters not indicated in the protologue, including its oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves 152–220 × 45–69 cm, erect inflorescences, ovoid-lanceolate female buds 24–28.5 × 13.7–14 cm, ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate male buds 9–22.5 × 8–13.5 cm, and bell- or mushroom-shaped seeds 5.5–7 × 6.5–9 mm. A color plate, along with information on habitat and ecology, distribution, and uses of this species, are also given.