Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreej.) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu, 2017

Hareesh, V. S., Joe, A., Sreejith, P. E. & Sabu, M., 2017, Musa markkuana stat. nov. (Musaceae) - A reassessment of Musa velutina subsp. markkuana, Phytotaxa 303 (3), pp. 279-284 : 283

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.303.3.8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13690492

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C9FA6B-FF83-FFD8-FF02-A7FC5944F841

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreej.) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu
status

stat. nov.

Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreej.) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu View in CoL stat. nov.

Musa velutina H.Wendl. & Drude subsp. markkuana M.Sabu View in CoL et. al. in Phytotaxa 92: 50 (2013); Joe & Sabu in South Indian Journal of Biological Sciences 2: 218 (2016).

Type: — INDIA. Arunachal Pradesh: West Kameng District, Elephant Village, Way to Bomdilla , 24 March 2012, 348 m, A. Joe & P. E. Sreejith 130833 (holotype CAL!; isotypes CALI!) .

Additional specimens examined:— INDIA. Arunachal Pradesh: Lohit District, Tezu, way to Loilang , 213 m, 06 July 2009, Sanoj E. & R. Kumar 105627 ( CALI!) ; Lohit District, Tezu, Hayulyang road, Lalpani , 1481 m, 06 July 2009, Sanoj E. & R. Kumar 105643 ( CALI!) ; West Kameng District, Way to Sessa , Near Durga Mandir , 774 m, 24 March 2012, A. Joe & P. E. Sreejith 130841 ( CALI!) ; Way to Sessa , 720 m, 24 March 2012, A. Joe & P. E. Sreejith 130846 ( CALI!) ; Durga Mandir, on the way to Bomdilla from Balukpong 774 m, 30 June 2015, A. Joe & V. S. Hareesh 121845 ( CALI!) ; Siluk, near Mebo, Pasighat 17 May 2016, V. S. Hareesh 149311 ( CALI!) ; Nagaland: Zunheboto District, Nagutomi , 1195 m, 20 August 2011, A. Joe & P. E. Sreejith 130725 ( CALI!) .

Distribution, ecology and biotic association:—It is distributed in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh (East Siang, Lohit and West Kameng) and one district of Nagaland (Zunheboto). It is growing in association with Musa acuminata Colla (1820: 394) , M. arunachalensis Joe et al. (2013: 50) , M. cheesmannii N.W. Simmonds (1957:479) and M. sikkimensis Kurz (1878: 164) . Other common associates include Begonia Linnaeus (1753b: 1056) sp.

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

CAL

Botanical Survey of India

CALI

University of Calicut

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Musaceae

Genus

Musa

Loc

Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreej.) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu

Hareesh, V. S., Joe, A., Sreejith, P. E. & Sabu, M. 2017
2017
Loc

Musa velutina H.Wendl. & Drude subsp. markkuana M.Sabu

Joe & Sabu 2016: 218
M. Sabu, A. Joe & Sreejith 2013: 50
2013
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