Talk:Musa (genus)

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[edit] Picture is upside down

The picture of the flower spike is upside down. Can we invert it somehow? (On second look it appears this may be correct for this species/cultivar. Bizarre.)

[edit] Improvements

At a time when most comments are to flame somebody's stupid remarks it's refreshing to be able to comment favourably about the improvement that's been done in this article. Although I did some of the early work on this article, he's proven that I was in well over my head. Too bad the contributor is anonymous; we need more like him. Eclecticology 17:29 Nov 28, 2002 (UTC)

[edit] Please repair cut-and-paste move

Musa was moved by cut and paste to Musa (Musaceae) by anonymous user 195.7.55.146 in November 2004 and replaced with a redirect to Musa (disambiguation). This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs because the history is missing from the article. There are two possible solutions to this, given below. I'd be happy with either solution.

  1. Keep the article on the genus at Musa (Musaceae) and merge the histories; move Musa (disambiguation) to Musa.
  2. Move the article on the genus back to Musa and merge the histories; leave Musa (disambiguation) as it is.

Gdr 14:23, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)

Done what I can for now. There is some history left at Musa (Musaceae)/history that will be merged in when technically possible. violet/riga (t) 23:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Thank you. Gdr 19:44, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

OK, all fixed up now. Noel (talk) 20:51, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Appropriate place for species

where should Musa sumatrana go in the lists of species?Erudy 17:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

It is actually Musa acuminata ssp. zebrina. M. sumatrana is an obsolete name used in horticulture. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 03:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edible Banana Species

The edible banana section is good but it only mentions a few botanical names. I've decided to make a list of all the EDIBLE-FRUITED species on the talk page, including commercially non-viable species, using botanical names where possible:

22:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Seedless Banana - Musa X paradisiaca.
Not a valid name.
  • Common Banana - Musa acuminata.
Usually "bananito" or "apple banana"
  • Japanese Fiber Banana - Musa balbisiana.
Probably too small fruits to be eaten to any extent
  • Blood Banana - Musa sumatrana.
Not a valid name. Probably too small fruits to be eaten to any extent.
  • Fe'i Banana - Musa troglodytarum.
Not a valid name.
  • Pink Banana - Musa velutina.
Probably too small fruits to be eaten to any extent
  • Burmese Blue Banana - Musa ?.
Needs checking. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 05:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Musa As Lepidoptera Larval Foodplants

Some confusion over taxonomic names exists in various sources, and I was wondering if it would be possible to provide some hints as to the true identities of various species of Musa cited as being utilised as foodplants by assorted Brassolid butterflies (most notably Caligo species but also species in genera such as Opsiphanes). This site lists Musa sapientum (elsewhere listed in the same database as Musa paradisiaca var sapientum) as a foodplant of Caligo eurilochus for example, but none of the two names for that foodplant appear in the list of valid Musa species on the main page. By way of a double check I've looked at the Natural History Museum database of Lepidoptera larval foodplants (main index page for this is here) and that database mentions "Musa x paradisiaca", which suggests a cultivar of some sort (the complete page for larval foodplants of members of the genus Caligo I generated and examined - this link whould take the curious to the requisite page). Looking at the comment above on edible bananas, it would seem that 'paradisiaca' is indeed a cultivar, but of course more work needs to be done on this (it's notable that several of the Caligo species on the page from the NHM database also have Musa acuminata listed as a larval foodplant). Presumably the NHM source is a reliable one (they are just up the road from Kew Gardens, one of the world's leading botanical research facilities, and presumably exchange information on a regular basis) so I would venture to suggest that information about the use of Musa by Brassolids be updated with information obtained therefrom, with taxonomic named corrected where required in accordance with the latest phylogeny. Any takers? Calilasseia 23:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Japanese banana cwp.jpg

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BetacommandBot 04:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)