Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Musaceae
Parent taxon: Zingiberales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Ettinghausen 1880, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cannaceae, Costaceae, Ensete, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Marantaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae
Subtaxa: Haastia Heliconia Heliconiaites Musa Musocaulon Musophyllum Musostrobocaulon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 13 collections including 18 occurrences