Musaceae
Musella

Musella lasiocarpa (Franch.) C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li

First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 56 (1978)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (W. & S. Yunnan, S. Guizhou) to N. Vietnam. It is a herbaceous shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Li, L., Häkkinen, M., Yuan, Y-M., Hao, G. & Ge, X-J. (2010). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the banana family (Musaceae) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast DNA fragments, with a special reference to the genus Musa. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57: 1-10.
  • Liu, A-Z., Kress, W.J., Wang, H. & Li, D.-Z. (2002). Insect pollination of Musella lasiocarpa (Musaceae), a monotypic genus endemic to Yunnan, China. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 235: 135-146.
  • Liu, A-Z., Kress, W.J., Wang, H. & Li, D.-Z. (2010). Phylogenetic analyses of the banana family (Musaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal (ITS) and chloroplast ( trnL-F) evidence. Taxon 59: 20-28.
  • Liu, A.-Z., Kress, W.J. & Long, C.-L. (2003). The Ethnobotany of Musella lasiocarpa (Musaceae), an Endemic Plant of Southwest China. Economic Botany. 57(2): 289-281.
  • Wu, D. & Kress, W.J. (2000). Musaceae. 314–318. in Wu, Z-Y. & Raven, P.H. (editors). Flora of China, Vol. 24. Beijing Science Press. St. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
  • Xue C.-Y., Wang, H. & Li, D.-Z. (2007). Female gametophyte and seed development in Musella lasiocarpa, a monotypic genus endemic to Southwestern China. Canadian Journal of Botany. 85(10): 964-975.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Delavay, J., M. [s.n.] China Musa lasiocarpa K000906568 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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  • Kew Species Profiles

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