India, Häkkinen & Väre, 2008

Häkkinen, Markku & Väre, Henry, 2008, Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 63-112 : 67

25. Musa balbisiana Colla var. balbisiana

Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25: 384 (1820). — Type: India orientalis, ex. H.Rip. 1820, Anonymous (lecto-, TO!, here designated; syn-, Rumphius [1747], Herbarium Amboiense 5: t. 60 fig. f. M. XI pissang batu, seu pissang bidii).

REMARKS

Colla (1820) based his description on illustration in Rumphius (1747), and on a specimen “ Habitat in India orientali ” (lectotype). The figure shows fruit and seeds ( Rumphius 1747). Musa balbisiana is distributed from Sikkim to Papuasia, and is one of the few banana species with an extensive distribution. Although Colla gives M. troglodytarum L. var. ss as