Musa acuminata subsp. siamea, N. W. Simmonds

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 65

subsp. siamea N.W.Simmonds

Kew Bulletin 11 (3):466 (1957,“1956”).— Type: Trinidad ,

ICTA introduction no. 403, Simmonds 18834 (holo-, K!).

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The seeds probably originated from Thailand. In the label of the holotype is given the collection number 64 of the Banana Expedition 1954-1955. In the label the collection locality is indicated to be Malaya, contrary to Simmonds (1957: 467). However, there is some uncertainty in the information Simmonds gave concerning the holotype: “locality unspecified, intro 403, now maintained as the clone Siam”. The holotype is not marked as the type by Simmonds, unlike the cases concerning other taxa he described in 1956. In the database at K it is ICTA 403, as given in Simmonds .