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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Musaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Musaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Zingiberidae Cronquist pub. 1978       SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.       Familia  Musaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 61. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Bananas

Named members of the Family Musaceae

1	Genus  Ensete Horan. common name: ensete
2	Genus  Musella (Franch.) C.Y.Wu syn. Musa L.
3	Subfamilia  Musoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 28. Apr-Mai 1836.
	4    Tribus  Museae Benth. pub. Fl. Austral. 6: 261. 23 Sep 1873.      5    Genus  Musa L. pub. (1753) common name: banana, plantain
6	Tribus  Ravenaleae Voigt pub. Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 578. Jul-Dec 1845.
	7    Genus  Ravenala Adans. pub. (1763) common name: traveler's tree

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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