Musa lushanensis J.L.Liu

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 82

124. Musa lushanensis J.L.Liu

Acta Botanica Yunnanica 11: 171 (1989) . — Type: China, Sichuan, Lushan Xian, Shuangshixiang , 700 m, 3.X.1987, J. L. Liu & Z. H. Tang 181 (holo-, XIAS).

REMARKS

Wu (1991) considered this name as a synonym of M. balbisiana stating that it was “indistinguishable from M. balbisiana in almost all aspects of bracts, fruit and seeds”. The slight differences given by the author can be observed within M. balbisiana and, therefore, do not support the recognition of this variant as an independent species.

Most recently, Liu et al. (2002) studied herbarium material of M. lushanensis and considered it to be identical with M. basjoo . They consider Wu’s analysis to be flawed.

According to the Flora of China ( Wu & Kress 2000), M. lushanensis , and also M. dechangensis , M. luteola and M. seminifera are synonymous to M. balbisiana . Musa seminifera Lour. (1790) antedates M. balbisiana Colla (1820) . The correct status of M. lushanenis needs to be re-evaluated.