Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes Author Häkkinen, Markku Author Väre, Henry text Adansonia 2008 3 30 1 63 112 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5190398 1639-4798 5190398 185. Musa sapientum L. var. violacea Baker Annals of Botany (Oxford) 7: 212 (1893) . Musa × paradisiaca L. subsp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. violacea (Baker) K.Schum , in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.45: 21 (1900). REMARKS Herbarium and types of Baker are at K and WELT ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976 ), but could not be found. As a variety of M. sapientum the name probably represents a banana cultivar .