Musa berterii Colla

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 69

36. Musa berterii Colla “ berteri ”

Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25: 387 (1820). — Type: Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense 5: t. 61 fig. 3 (1747) “ M. alphurica sive ceramica: pissang alphur” (lecto-, here designated).

REMARKS

The name is based on the same type as M. alphurica Miq. , M. berterii Colla being the older synonym of that name. The illustration represents the only original element. The herbarium and types of Rumphius were almost completely destroyed in a fire ( Stafleu & Cowan 1983), and those of Colla are at TO ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976), but the corresponding specimen does not exist. The illustration and diagnosis do not allow positive identification, and the name has not been generally used.