Musa hirta Becc.

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 78

98. Musa hirta Becc.

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Nelle foreste di Borneo: 612 (1902). — Type: Borneo , Sarawak a Marop, IV.1867, O. Beccari 3349 (lecto-, FI!, here designated) .

ISONYM. — Musa hirta Becc. , Webbia 5: 549 ( Martelli 1923), “sp. n.”.

REMARKS

There is a sheet at FI, collected at the type locality, “Borneo, Sarawak a Marop. P. B[eccari] no. 3349 ”. Beccari (1902: fig. 78) included an illustration to his diagnosis, which fits the lectotype. Beccari 3350 ( M. hirta, FI !) was also collected at Marop. The name is diagnosed also at page 624, where the type locality information is also given .

This is a clearly distinguishable species, due to the erect inflorescence and densely hairy fruits; when isolated, fruits are about 5 cm long and 20-22 mm deep; however 2 or 3 and sometimes all of the fruits subtended by a bract are joined together along the side, almost up to the top ( Häkkinen 2004).

Figures

FIG. 3. — Lectotype of Musa hirta Becc. (O. Beccari 3349, FI).