View source for Musaceae ← Musaceae You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Musaceae |accepted_authority=A. L. Jussieu |publications= |common_names=Banana Family |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Musaceae |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Musaceae]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 302 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Treelike </b>herbs, perennial, from corm [rhizome] [corm]. <b>True</b> aerial stems absent. <b>Leaves</b> basal, in several ranks, differentiated into basal sheath, petiole, and blade; sheaths overlapping, forming unbranched pseudostem, open, ligule absent; summit of petiole not differentiated; blade with lateral veins parallel, diverging from prominent midrib. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1 per aerial shoot, projecting from tip of pseudostem, pedunculate racemes of 12–20-flowered monochasial cymes (cincinni); bracts of main axis enclosing cincinni. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual (proximal flowers pistillate, distal flowers staminate), bilaterally symmetric; sepals and petals differentiated, sepals 3, petals 3, 3 sepals and 2 petals fused, remaining petal distinct; fertile stamens 5(–6), not petal-like; anthers 2-locular; occasionally 1 rudimentary staminode; ovary inferior, 3-carpellate, 3-locular, all locules fertile; placentation axile; ovules many per locule; style terminal, filiform; stigma 3-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> berries; sepals not persistent in fruit. <b>Seeds</b>: aril absent; endosperm copious; perisperm copious; embryo straight. <b>x</b> = 9, 10, 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=tropical parts of Africa;Asia;Australia;and Oceania;often persisting around gardens and plantations throughout the wet tropics. |discussion=<p>Genera 3, species ca. 40 (1 genus, 1 species, and 1 stable hybrid in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Musaceae |author=Alan T. Whittemore |authority=A. L. Jussieu |rank=family |parent rank= |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Musaceae |illustrator=John Myers |distribution=tropical parts of Africa;Asia;Australia;and Oceania;often persisting around gardens and plantations throughout the wet tropics. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_121.xml }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]] Templates used on this page: Musaceae Illustrations (view source) Template:Musaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Return to Musaceae.