Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves

Väre, Henry & Häkkinen, Markku, 2011, Typification and check-list of Ensete Horan. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 191-200 : 194

7. Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves

The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 48: 169, t. 506 (1910). — Ensete bagshawei (Rendle & Greves) Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2: 103 (1948). — Type : Uganda, Foweira , Unyoro at 3500 ft., 25.4.1907, Bagshawe 1582 (lecto-, BM000911549 , BM000911550 , designated by Baker & Simmonds [1954: 406], “ type ”) .

REMARKS

This name is synonymous with Ensete edule ( Cheesman 1948, Baker & Simmonds 1954). The two lectotype sheets at BR are cross marked by Bagshawe’s collection number 1582. Rendle & Greves (1910) published also a drawing (tab. 506) of the flowers and seeds.