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Musaceae
Family of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species,[3] placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves with overlapping basal sheaths that form a pseudostem making some members appear to be woody trees. In most treatments, the family has three genera, Musa, Musella and Ensete.[4] Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and many others are grown as ornamental plants.
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Musa × paradisiaca | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Musaceae Juss.[2] |
Type genus | |
Musa | |
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Musaceae distribution |
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