Musa martinii Van Geert, 1892

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

133. Musa martinii Van Geert “ martini ”

Revue d’Horticulture belge et étrangère 18: 107 (1892). — Type: Van Geert (1892), Revue d’Horticulture belge et étrangère 18: fig. 12 (lecto-, here designated).

REMARKS

The diagnosis refers only to leaf characters. The plant was raised in Tenerife, most probably from seeds sent by M. J. Martin, who worked as director at Hanoi Botanical gardens, Vietnam. Based on the description and the figure 12 it is not possible with certainty to clarify the meaning of this name. There is a drawing at K with seeds, obviously from the original material. That suggests that M. martinii is most likely very close to M. balbisiana .