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: <sup>List source :</sup> <ref name=trop2>&nbsp; {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50320037?tab=subordinatetaxa |title=Name - ''Musa yunnanensis'' Hakkinen & H.Wang subordinate taxa |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref>
: <sup>List source :</sup> <ref name=trop2>&nbsp; {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50320037?tab=subordinatetaxa |title=Name - ''Musa yunnanensis'' Hakkinen & H.Wang subordinate taxa |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref>
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'''''Musa yunnanensis''''', commonly known as either '''Yunnan banana''' or '''wild forest banana''',<ref name=bro>{{ cite web |author=Joachim Jaeck |title=''Musa yunnanensis'' |date=April 3, 2010 |publisher=bananasraras.org |url=http://www.bananasraras.org/yunnanensisengl.htm |accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref> is a recently described plant in the [[Musaceae|banana and plantain]] family native to [[Yunnan]] in southern [[China]]. The [[type (biology)|type specimen]] was collected in 2005 in [[Xishuangbanna]] (an autonomous prefecture bordering on [[Indochina]]), at an elevation ''c.''&thinsp;1,150 metres.<ref name=trop1/>
'''''Musa yunnanensis''''', commonly known as either '''Yunnan banana''' or '''wild forest banana''',<ref name=bro>{{ cite web |author=Joachim Jaeck |title=''Musa yunnanensis'' |date=April 3, 2010 |publisher=bananasraras.org |url=http://www.bananasraras.org/yunnanensisengl.htm |accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref> is a recently described plant in the [[Musaceae|banana and plantain]] family native to [[Yunnan]] in southern [[China]]. The [[type (biology)|type specimen]] was collected in 2005 in [[Xishuangbanna]] (an autonomous prefecture bordering on [[Indochina]]), at an elevation ''c.''&thinsp;1,150 meters.<ref name=trop1/>
Although ''M.&nbsp;yunnanesis'' grows in [[montane]] [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests|tropical forest]], it is both [[shade tolerance|shade]] and [[frost#Effect on plants|frost tolerant]], and sensitive to direct [[sunlight]], and so is essentially an [[understorey]] plant. Individuals typically reach about 5&thinsp;–&thinsp;5.25 metres in height at maturation. [[Bark]] on [[plant stem#Specialized terms for stems|pseudostem]]s is coated in [[wax#Plant waxes|wax]] that is white with a bluish cast. The upper surface of the [[leaf|leaves]] are also bluish, though their undersides are red hued.<ref name=bro/>
Although ''M.&nbsp;yunnanesis'' grows in [[montane]] [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests|tropical forest]], it is both [[shade tolerance|shade]] and [[frost#Effect on plants|frost tolerant]], and sensitive to direct [[sunlight]], and so is essentially an [[understory]] plant. Individuals typically reach about 5&thinsp;–&thinsp;5.25 meters in height at maturation. [[Bark]] on [[plant stem#Specialized terms for stems|pseudostem]]s is coated in [[wax#Plant waxes|wax]] that is white with a bluish cast. The upper surface of the [[leaf|leaves]] are also bluish, though their undersides are red hued.<ref name=bro/>


''M.&nbsp;yunnanensis'' has value to local wildlife; its summer [[fruit]]s are consumed by [[bird]]s, [[bat]]s, and possibly [[Indian Elephant|elephant]]s.<ref name=bro/>
''M.&nbsp;yunnanensis'' has value to local wildlife; its summer [[fruit]]s are consumed by [[bird]]s, [[bat]]s, and possibly [[Indian Elephant|elephant]]s.<ref name=bro/>

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Yunnan banana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Musaceae
Genus:
Musa
Species:
M. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Musa yunnanensis
Varieties
  • M. y. var. caii Hakkinen & H.Wang
  • M. y. var. yongpingensis Hakkinen & H.Wang
  • M. y. var. yunnanensis (autonym)
List source : [2]

Musa yunnanensis, commonly known as either Yunnan banana or wild forest banana,[3] is a recently described plant in the banana and plantain family native to Yunnan in southern China. The type specimen was collected in 2005 in Xishuangbanna (an autonomous prefecture bordering on Indochina), at an elevation c. 1,150 meters.[1]

Although M. yunnanesis grows in montane tropical forest, it is both shade and frost tolerant, and sensitive to direct sunlight, and so is essentially an understory plant. Individuals typically reach about 5 – 5.25 meters in height at maturation. Bark on pseudostems is coated in wax that is white with a bluish cast. The upper surface of the leaves are also bluish, though their undersides are red hued.[3]

M. yunnanensis has value to local wildlife; its summer fruits are consumed by birds, bats, and possibly elephants.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b  Musa yunnanensis was originally described and published in Novon; a journal for botanical nomenclature St. Louis, MO. 17: 441-442, f. 1 & 2. 2007 "Name - Musa yunnanensis Hakkinen & H.Wang". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  2. ^   "Name - Musa yunnanensis Hakkinen & H.Wang subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Joachim Jaeck (April 3, 2010). "Musa yunnanensis". bananasraras.org. Retrieved June 3, 2011.


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