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 3 279 284 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 :β€”It 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.