Musa rubronervata De Wild.

Väre, Henry & Häkkinen, Markku, 2011, Typification and check-list of Ensete Horan. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 191-200 : 198

32. Musa rubronervata De Wild.

Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État 8: 112 (1923). Ensete rubronervatum (De Wild.) Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2: 104 (1948). — Type: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kisantu , 1923, J . Gillet s.n. (lecto-, BR000000880759 !, here designated; iso-, BR000000880760 !, BR000000880871 !, BR000000880872 !) .

REMARKS

The lectotype of this Ensete was described from a cultivated plant raised from seeds collected in Ruanda by Durand ( Baker & Simmonds 1954). This is E. edule ( Baker & Simmonds 1954) , i.e. E. ventricosum . There are three other sheets at BR, which probably belong to the type collection, but are not cross referred. Thus the designation by Baker & Simmonds [1954: 406] “type” is not effective, as they did not select amongst the sheets.