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Musa Musella Ensete Families of Flowering Plants as of 2002-11-28 |
Recent comparative studies of plastid and nuclear gene sequences coupled with the application of cladistics is providing a new, somewhat controversial, ordinal classification of flowering plants. However, the Zingiberales have been only slightly affected by such studies.
- Superorder Zingiberanae
- Order Zingiberales
- Family Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Lowiaceae, Heliconiaceae, Costaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae
- Family Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Lowiaceae, Heliconiaceae, Costaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae
- Order Zingiberales
- Ensete
- Musa
- Musella
Until 1862 Musa was the only genus in the family. In 1862, Horaninow described Ensete but the genus did not receive widespread recognition until revived by Cheesman in 1947. The situation of Musella remains somewhat controversial. Musella lasiocarpa has been round the taxonomic block, being placed first in Musa and then in Ensete and back to Musa before eventually it's monotypic status was recognised, at least by some, around 1978.
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