Musa maclayi F.Muell. subsp. maclayi var. maclayi

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 83

128. Musa maclayi F.Muell. subsp. maclayi var. maclayi

in Miklouho-Maclay, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 348 (1885). — Type: Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Maclay coast (lecto-, MEL 588788!, designated by Argent [1976: 93]) .

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The diagnosis was very brief: “Compared to cultivated varieties [ M. paradisiaca ], with a tall stem (nearly twice as tall), with narrow stiff leaves and small (not edible) fruits full of seeds.” In the case of M. calosperma in the same article (Miklouho- Maclay 1885) this preliminary diagnosis is even more evident: “ Musa calosperma is as yet only temporarily named.”