Ensete ventricosum

Ensete ventricosum

Ensete ventricosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Musaceae
Genus: Ensete
Species: Ensete ventricosum

Name

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 1947: 101. (1948)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Musa ventricosa Welw., Ann. Cons. Ultramar. (Portugal), Parte Não Off. ser. 1, 55:587. 1859 ("1858").
• Heterotypic
  • Musa ensete J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 567 (1791).
  • Mnasium theophrasti Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index: 719 (1855), nom. nud.
  • Ensete edule Bruce ex Horan., Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 40 (1862).
  • Musa africana W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 59: 6 (1871), nom. superfl.
  • Musa proboscidea Oliv., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1777 (1888).
  • Musa buchananii Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 207 (1893).
  • Musa schweinfurthii K.Schum. & Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 14 (1900).
  • Musa arnoldiana De Wild., Bull. Soc. Étude Colon. Bruxelles 8: 339 (1901).
  • Musa holstii K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 121 (1904).
  • Musa ulugurensis Warb. & Moritz, Tropenpflanzer 8: 116 (1904).
  • Musa fecunda Stapf, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 528 (1906).
  • Musa laurentii De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 371 (1907).
  • Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves, J. Bot. 48: 169 (1910).
  • Musa davyae Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 102 (1913).
  • Musa ruandensis De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 8: 111 (1923).
  • Musa rubronervata De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 8: 112 (1923).
  • Musa ensete var. montbeliardii Bois, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 688 (1931).
  • Musa martretiana A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 507 (1934).
  • Musa kaguna Chiov., Racc. Bot.: 119 (1935).
  • Ensete arnoldianum (De Wild.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete bagshawei (Rendle & Greves) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete buchananii (Baker) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 102 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete davyae (Stapf) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete fecundum (Stapf) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete holstii (K.Schum.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete laurentii (De Wild.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete proboscideum (Oliv.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 102 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete ruandense (De Wild.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete rubronervatum (De Wild.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete schweinfurthii (K.Schum. & Warb.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete ulugurense (Warb. & Moritz) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Ensete ventricosum var. montbeliardii (Bois) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 42(3, Suppl.): 1593 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola Regional: Central Africa Burundi, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania Introduced into: Gulf of Guinea Is., Jawa, Juan Fernández Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cheeseman, E.E. 1948. Kew Bulletin 2(2): 101.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ensete ventricosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. Mar. 7. Ensete ventricosum. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Mar. 7. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ensete ventricosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 11 February 2009.

Vernacular names

• English: Ethiopian Banana
• suomi: Etiopianbanaani
• Gĩkũyũ: Ihĩndu

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