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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Musa Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Musaceae
Contains	Musa abaca Perr. Musa acuminata Colla Musa acutibracteata M.Hotta Musa africana W.Bull Musa agharkarii Chakravorti Musa alinsanaya R.V.Valmayor Musa alphurica Miq. Musa amboinensis Miq. Musa angcorensis Gagnep. Musa angustigemma N.W.Simmonds Musa aphurica Rumph. ex Sagot Musa arakanensis F.W.Ripley ex Blechynden Musa arfakiana Argent Musa argentii Gogoi & Borah Musa arnoldiana DeWild. Musa arunachalensis A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu Musa assamica W.Bull Musa aurantiaca G.Mann ex Baker Musa azizae Häkkinen Musa azizii Häkkinen Musa bacoba Rottb. Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves Musa bakeri Hook.f. Musa balbisiana Colla Musa banksiana Kurz Musa banksii F.Muell. Musa barioensis Häkkinen Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma Musa bauensis Häkkinen & Meekiong Musa beccarii N.W.Simmonds Musa berteroi Colla Musa berteroniana Steud. Musa bidigitalis De Wild. Musa bihai L. Musa boman Argent Musa borneensis Becc. Musa brachycarpa Backer Musa brieyi DeWild. Musa buchananii Baker Musa bukensis Argent Musa calicutensis Smisha & M.Sabu Musa calosperma F.Muell. ex Mikl.-Maclay Musa campestris Becc. Musa carolinae Sterler Musa cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxton Musa celebica Warb. ex K.Schum. Musa cerifera (Backer) Nakai Musa champa hort. ex Hook.f. Musa chapara Perr. Musa charlioi W.Hill Musa cheesmanii N.W.Simmonds Musa chevalieri Gagnep. Musa chiliocarpa Backer ex K.Heyne Musa chinensis Lamb. ex Paxton Musa chunii Häkkinen Musa cinerea hort. ex Gentil Musa cliffortiana L. Musa coccinea Andrews Musa consociata Nakai Musa corbieri A.Chev. Musa corneri Holttum Musa corniculata Lour. Musa cylindrica A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu Musa dacca Horan. Musa dasycarpa Kurz Musa davyae Stapf Musa dechangensis J.L.Liu & M.G.Liu Musa decrescens De Briey Musa discolor hort. ex Horan. Musa dulcissima Nakai Musa elata Nakai Musa elephantorum K.Schum. & Warb. Musa emasculata De Briey ex De Wild. Musa ensete J.F.Gmel. Musa erecta N.W.Simmonds Musa errans (Blanco) N.G.Teodoro Musa exotica R.V.Valmayor Musa fecunda Stapf Musa fehi Bertero ex Vieill. Musa fei Bert. ex Nadeaud Musa fitzalanii F.Muell. Musa flava Ridl. Musa flavida M.Hotta Musa flaviflora N.W.Simmonds Musa formobisiana H.L.Chiu, C.T.Shii & T.Y.A.Yang Musa formosana (Warb.) Hayata Musa ×georgiana Rich. H. Wallace Musa georgiana Rich.H.Wallace Musa gigantea Kuntze Musa gilletii DeWild. Musa glauca Roxb. Musa gracilis Holttum Musa griersonii Noltie Musa haekkinenii N.S.Lý & Haev. Musa halabanensis Meijer Musa hillii F.Muell. Musa hirta Becc. Musa holstii K.Schum. Musa homblei Bequaert ex DeWild. Musa hookeri (King) A.M.Cowan & Cowan Musa humilis Perr. Musa hybr Musa indandamanensis L.J.Singh Musa ingens N.W.Simmonds Musa ingrata Nakai Musa insularimontana Hayata Musa itinerans Cheesman Musa jackeyi W.Hill Musa jaheri Nakai Musa japonica Hort.Veitch. Musa javanica Nakai Musa johnsii Argent Musa juwiniana Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan Musa kaguna Chiov. Musa kamengensis Gogoi & Häkkinen Musa kattuvazhana K.C.Jacob Musa kewensis Baker Musa lacatan hort. ex Gentil Musa lanceolata Warb. ex K.Schum. Musa lasiocarpa Franch. Musa laterita Cheesman Musa laurentii DeWild. Musa lawitiensis Nasution & Supard. Musa liukiuensis (Matsum.) Makino ex Kuroiwa Musa livingstoniana J.Kirk Musa lokok Geri & Ng Musa lolodensis Cheesman Musa lushanensis J.L.Liu Musa lutea R.V.Valmayor, D.D.Lê & Häkkinen Musa luteola J.L.Liu Musa maclayi F.Muell. ex Mikl.-Maclay Musa maculata Jacq. Musa malaccensis Ridl. Musa mannii H.Wendl. ex Baker Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreejith) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu Musa markkui Gogoi & Borah Musa martini hort. ex Carrière Musa martinii VanGeert Musa martreti A.Chev. Musa martretiana A.Chev. Musa megalocarpa Nakai Musa mensaria Moench Musa mexicana Matuda Musa microcarpa Becc. Musa mindanaensis Miq. Musa mindanensis Miq. Musa minor Nakai Musa mirabilis Nakai Musa monticola M.Hotta ex Argent Musa muluensis M.Hotta Musa nagalandiana S.Dey & Gogoi Musa nagensium Prain Musa nanensis Swangpol & Traiperm Musa nepalensis Wall. Musa nigra Perr. Musa ochracea K.Sheph. Musa odorata Lour. Musa oleracea Vieill. Musa ornata Roxburgh Musa pallida Nakai Musa paracoccinea A.Z.Liu & D.Z.Li Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus Musa parahaekkinenii Smisha & M.Sabu Musa paramjitiana L.J.Singh Musa peekelii Lauterb. Musa perrieri Bonnier Musa philippensis Musa polycarpa Nakai Musa prematura Nakai Musa proboscidea Oliv. Musa protractorachis De Wild. Musa pruinosa (King) Burkill Musa purpureotomentosa De Wild. Musa puspanjaliae Gogoi & Häkkinen Musa rectispica Nakai Musa religiosa Dyb. Musa rhinozerotis Kurz Musa rhodochlamys hort. ex Gentil Musa riperti A.Chev., Hutch. & Dalziel Musa rosacea Jacq. Musa rosea Baker Musa ruandensis DeWild. Musa rubida Holttum Musa rubinea Häkkinen & C.H.Teo Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz Musa rubronervata DeWild. Musa ruiliensis W.N.Chen, Häkkinen & X.J.Ge Musa rumphiana Kurz Musa sabuana K.Prasad, A.Joe, Bheem. & B.R.P.Rao Musa sakaiana Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan Musa salaccensis Zoll. ex Kurz Musa sanguinea Hook.f. Musa sapidisiaca K.C.Jacob Musa sapientum L. Musa schizocarpa N.W.Simmonds Musa schweinfurthii K.Schum. & Warb. Musa seemannii F.Muell. Musa serpentina Swangpol & Somana Musa shankarii Subba Rao & Kumari Musa siamensis Häkkinen & Rich.H.Wallace Musa sikkimensis Kurz Musa simiarum Kurz Musa sinensis Sagot ex Baker Musa sp. Musa speciosa Ten. Musa splendida A.Chev. Musa suaveolens G.Mann ex Baker Musa sumatrana Becc. ex André Musa sundaica Nakai Musa superba Roxb. Musa suratii Argent Musa sylvestris Colla Musa textilis Née Musa thompsonii King ex A.M.Cowan & Cowan Musa thomsonii (King) A.M.Cowan & Cowan Musa tikap Warb. Musa tomentosa Warb. ex K.Schum. Musa tonkinensis R.V.Valmayor, D.D.Lê & Häkkinen Musa trichocarpa Nakai Musa troglodytarum L. Musa truncata Ridl. Musa tuberculata M.Hotta Musa ulugurensis Pharm. ex Wehmer. Musa uranoscopos Colla Musa uranoscopus Seem. Musa velutina H. Wendland & Drude Musa ventricosa Welw. Musa violacea How. ex Baker Musa violascens Ridl. Musa viridis R.V.Valmayor, D.D.Lê & Häkkinen Musa vittata G.W.Ackermann ex Rodigas Musa voonii Häkkinen Musa wilsonii Tutcher Musa yamiensis C.L.Yeh & J.H.Chen Musa yunnanensis Häkkinen & H.Wang Musa zaifui Häkkinen & H.Wang Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planch.
Remarks	Lectotype: M. paradisiaca Linnaeus (vide Adanson, Fam. 2: 525, 580. Jul-Aug 1763)
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 1043