Musa splendida A.Chev. (1934:517)
Chuoi Gai
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 2 December 1937 (Lý et al., 2018:286) or later
Rediscovered in 2004 or before (date not specified) (Valmayor et al., 2004)
Distribution
Red River Valley, Vietnam
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Chevalier, A. (1934). Observations sur quelques bananiers sauvages et cultives. Bananiers spontanés de l’Indochine. Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d’Agriculture Tropicale. 14(149): 506-521.
Other references:
Champion, J. (1967). Les Bananiers et Leur Culture. IFAC, Editions SETCO, Paris.
Cheesman, E. E. (1947). Classification of the bananas. II. The Genus Musa Linn. Kew Bull. No. 2, 106-117.
Cheesman, E. E. (1949). Classification of the bananas. III. Critical Notes on Species. Kew Bull. No. 2 (i). Musa sanguinea Hook. f. 133-135 and Kew Bull. No. 3 (k) Musa laterita Cheesman. 265-267.
Lý, Ngọc-Sâm, Lowry, Porter P. II and Haevermans, Thomas. (2018). Typification and an emended description of Musa splendida (Musaceae). Phytotaxa 351(4): 281-288. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.351.4.4
Simmonds, N. W. (1962). The Evolution of the Bananas. Longmann, Green and Co. Ltd. London.
Valmayor, R. V., Danh, L. D. and Hakkinen, M. (2004). Rediscovery of Musa splendida A. Chevalier and description of two new species (Musa viridis and Musa lutea). The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 87(1): 110-118.