Musa sect. Musa
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.2.6 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D0DD67-4722-F549-FF23-FF18FA0DFE59 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Musa sect. Musa |
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Key to some closely related species Musa sect. Musa (former sect. Rhodochlamys ) from China
1a Mature pseudostem over 1.5 m high, fruit bunch compact, to 8 hands, fruit 3–4 cm in diameter ....................................................2
1b Mature pseudostem less than 1.5 m high, fruit bunch lax, less than 8 hands, fruit less than 2 cm in diameter .................................3
2a Mature pseudostem 1.8–2.5 m high, leaf habit erect, buds pink-red abaxially and pale-yellow adaxially, 4 fruits per hand on ........ average, ca. 30 seeds per fruit ......................................................................................................................................... M. ruiliensis View in CoL
2b Mature pseudostem to 1.7 m high, leaf habit intermediate, buds lilac abaxially and adaxially, 7 fruits per hand on average, 60–80 seeds per fruit ...................................................................................................................................................................... M. chunii View in CoL
3a Buds ruby-red, fruit bunch with 5–7 hands and 2–3 fruits per hands on average, fruit pronounced ridged, 30–40 seeds per fruit, seed brownish, smooth, rounded, ca. 4 mm in diameter .................................................................................................... M. rubinea View in CoL
3b Buds purple, fruit bunch with about 3 hands and about 4 fruits per hands on average, fruits slightly ridged, 20–30 seeds per fruit, seed black, tuberculate, irregularly angulated-depressed, ca. 6 mm in diameter .................................................................. M. zaifui View in CoL
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