Musoideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Musoideae

abaca
banana
plantain

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Musoideae

   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
  
   Subfamilia  Musoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 28. Apr-Mai 1836.
  

Named members of the Subfamily Musoideae

1
   Tribus  Museae Benth.
pub. Fl. Austral. 6: 261. 23 Sep 1873.
  
 
2
   Genus  Musa L.
pub. (1753)
common name: banana, plantain
  

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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