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THE scheme proposed by Cheesman1, and now generally accepted, for the classification of the Musaceae depends partly on basic chromosome numbers. Two genera are recognized. The genus Ensete Horan. comprises species with monocarpic habit and 2n = 18 chromosomes. Species of Musa L. form suckers more or less freely and are placed in four sections: Musa (Eumusa) and Rhodochlamys with 2n = 22, Callimusa and Australimusa with 2n = 20. This scheme includes nicely all the species thus far described, but among recent introductions to the Trinidad collections are two exceptional forms for which the classification will need to be elaborated.
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SHEPHERD, K. Two New Basic Chromosome Numbers in the Musaceae. Nature 183, 1539 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831539a0
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