Musa markkuana stat. nov. (Musaceae) - A reassessment of Musa velutina subsp. markkuana
Author
Hareesh, V. S.
Author
Joe, A.
Author
Sreejith, P. E.
Author
Sabu, M.
text
Phytotaxa
2017
2017-04-13
303
3
279
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.303.3.8
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.303.3.8
1179-3163
Musa markkuana
(M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreej.) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu
stat. nov.
Musa velutina
H.Wendl. & Drude subsp.
markkuana
M.Sabu
et. al.
in
Phytotaxa 92: 50 (2013)
;
Joe & Sabu in South
Indian Journal of Biological Sciences 2: 218 (2016)
.
Type:
β
INDIA
.
Arunachal Pradesh
:
West Kameng District
,
Elephant Village
,
Way
to
Bomdilla
,
24 March
2012
, 348 m,
A
. Joe &
P
.
E
. Sreejith 130833
(
holotype
CAL
!;
isotypes
CALI
!)
.
Additional specimens examined
:β
INDIA
.
Arunachal Pradesh
:
Lohit District
,
Tezu
, way to
Loilang
,
213 m
,
06 July 2009
,
Sanoj
E
. &
R
.
Kumar
105627
(
CALI
!)
;
Lohit District
,
Tezu
,
Hayulyang
road,
Lalpani
,
1481 m
,
06 July 2009
,
Sanoj
E
. &
R
.
Kumar
105643
(
CALI
!)
;
West Kameng District
,
Way
to
Sessa
,
Near Durga Mandir
,
774 m
,
24 March 2012
,
A
.
Joe
&
P
.
E
.
Sreejith
130841
(
CALI
!)
;
Way
to
Sessa
,
720 m
,
24 March 2012
,
A
.
Joe
&
P
.
E
.
Sreejith
130846
(
CALI
!)
;
Durga Mandir
, on the way to
Bomdilla
from
Balukpong
774 m
,
30 June 2015
,
A
.
Joe
&
V
.
S
.
Hareesh
121845
(
CALI
!)
;
Siluk
, near
Mebo
,
Pasighat
17 May 2016
,
V
.
S
.
Hareesh
149311
(
CALI
!)
;
Nagaland
:
Zunheboto District
,
Nagutomi
,
1195 m
,
20 August 2011
,
A
.
Joe
&
P
.
E
.
Sreejith
130725
(
CALI
!)
.
Distribution, ecology and biotic association
:βIt is distributed in three districts of
Arunachal Pradesh
(East Siang, Lohit and West Kameng) and one district of
Nagaland
(Zunheboto). It is growing in association with
Musa acuminata
Colla (1820: 394)
,
M. arunachalensis
Joe
et al.
(2013: 50)
,
M. cheesmannii
N.W.
Simmonds (1957:479)
and
M. sikkimensis
Kurz (1878: 164)
. Other common associates include
Begonia
Linnaeus (1753b: 1056)
sp.