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Taxon

Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma

Protologue Somoku Dzusetsu, ed. 2 3: t. 1. 1874IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Musa basjoo--CA. San Francisco Botanical Garden (Strybing Arb.). 30 Mch 06. 041.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Musa basjoo--CA. San Francisco Botanical Garden (Strybing Arb.). 30 Mch 06. 037.jpg

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Musa basjoo--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  002.jpg

Musa basjoo--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

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Musa basjoo--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Musa basjoo--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 005.jpg

Musa basjoo--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to China South-Central, China Southeast; introduced into Japan, Korea (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 30, 2006

Location

United States, California (San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Musaceae

Genus

Musa

Specific Epithet

basjoo

Authorship

Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#200,154 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →