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Musaceae
Taxonomy
Musaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789).
It was assigned to Monocotyledones by Ettinghausen (1880); and to Zingiberales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Monocotyledones by Ettinghausen (1880); and to Zingiberales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Musaceae de Jussieu |
| 1880 | Musaceae Ettinghausen p. 393 |
| 1985 | Musostrobocaulon Varadpande |
| 2000 | Musaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Musaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Musaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Musaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Heliconia Linnaeus 1771 [lobster-claw]
G. Musa Linnaeus 1758
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Musa bihai Linnaeus 1753
†Musa cardiospermum Jain 1964
†Musa eocenica Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879
Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus 1753
G. †Musophyllum Göppert 1854
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†Musophyllum complicatum Lesquereux 1874
†Musophyllum indicum Prakash et al. 1979
†Musophyllum truncatum Goeppert 1854
Invalid names: Musostrobocaulon Varadpande 1985 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 57.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Musocaulon indicum, Heliconiaites mohgaonensis, Musa cardiospermum, Heliconia sp., Musophyllum indicum, Musostrobocaulon indicum (224606) | |
| Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Heliconia elegans (32005) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (North Dakota) | Musophyllum complicatum (10808) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Musophyllum complicatum (11372) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Musophyllum complicatum (227797) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Musa eocenica (22811) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Musophyllum complicatum (24089) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica | Heliconia sp. (31313) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Heliconia elegans (31280) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Heliconia sp. (32044) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Heliconia elegans (34145 34148) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia | Heliconia tertiaria (32043) |