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Musaceae

Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Musaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Musaceae de Jussieu
1880Musaceae Ettinghausen p. 393
1985Musostrobocaulon Varadpande
2000Musaceae Mabberley
2008Musaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Musaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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

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. †Haastia Ettingshausen 1887
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Haastia speciosa Ettingshausen 1887
G. Heliconia Linnaeus 1771 [lobster-claw]
G. †Heliconiaites Trivedi and Verma 1972
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Heliconiaites mohgaonensis Trivedi and Verma 1972
G. Musa Linnaeus 1758
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Musa cardiospermum Jain 1964
Musa eocenica Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879
G. †Musocaulon Jain 1964
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Musocaulon indicum Jain 1964
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
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Musocaulon indicum, Heliconiaites mohgaonensis, Musa cardiospermum, Heliconia sp., Musophyllum indicum, Musostrobocaulon indicum (224606)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Heliconia elegans (32005)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Musophyllum complicatum (11372)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (North Dakota) Musophyllum complicatum (10808)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Musa eocenica (22811)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Musophyllum complicatum (227797)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) Musophyllum complicatum (24089)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Heliconia elegans (31280)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Heliconia sp. (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Heliconia sp. (31313)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Heliconia elegans (34145 34148)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia Heliconia tertiaria (32043)