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Musa

Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Musaceae

Taxonomy
Musa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Musaceae by Ettinghausen (1880) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Musa Linnaeus
1880Musa Ettinghausen p. 393
1976Musa Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
orderZingiberales
familyMusaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMusaLinnaeus 1758

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.

G. Musa Linnaeus 1758
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Musa cardiospermum Jain 1964
Musa eocenica Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) M. cardiospermum (224606)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) M. eocenica (22811)