Musa (genus)
Genus of flowering plants in the banana and plantain family Musaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Musa.
This article is about the botanical genus. For cultivated plants, see Banana.
Musa is one of three genera in the family Musaceae. The genus includes 83 species of flowering plants producing edible bananas and plantains. Though they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent "stem" is made up of the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Thus, they are technically gigantic herbaceous plants. Musa species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the giant leopard moth and other Hypercompe species, including H. albescens (only recorded on Musa), H. eridanus, and H. icasia.
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Musa | |
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Banana plants, Kanaha Beach, Maui | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Musaceae |
Genus: | Musa L.[1] |
Type species | |
Musa acuminata | |
Species | |
Around 80, see text. |
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