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Musa x paradisiaca
(Musaceae)

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Species description or overview

Musa x paradisiaca information from NTBG
Information about Musa x paradisiaca is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Musa x paradisiaca
Nomenclatural information about Musa x paradisiaca is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Musa x paradisiaca
Nomenclatural information about Musa x paradisiaca is provided by ITIS.

Musa xparadisiaca information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Musa xparadisiaca--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Images

Images of Musa x paradisiaca (Musaceae) (banana, maia)
Links to high-resolution free images of Musa x paradisiaca (Musaceae) (banana, maia) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Distribution

Musa xparadisiaca information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Musa xparadisiaca--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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