Musa proboscidea Oliv.

Väre, Henry & Häkkinen, Markku, 2011, Typification and check-list of Ensete Horan. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 191-200 : 198

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/a2011n2a3
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C3B11-3137-EA56-F9F5-AEBDFF28FBEA
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Musa proboscidea Oliv.
status

Treatment

28. Musa proboscidea Oliv. View in CoL , in Hook.f.

Icones Plantarum 18: t. 1777 (1888). — Ensete proboscideum (Oliv.) Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2: 102 (1948). — Type : Tanzania, Ukami hills 100 miles inland to the west of the Island of Zanzibar, 1885, J. Kirk 1777 (lecto-, K000099716 !, designated by Baker & Simmonds 1954:408. — Paralectotype: Oliver (1888), Icones Plantarum 18: t. 1777.

REMARKS

Baker & Simmonds (1954) consider that the plant is a small-seeded form of E. edule , i.e. E. ventricosum .