Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1043 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 466 [secondary reference]

Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 525, 580 [secondary reference]

• Type: Musa paradisiaca L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(28): 132 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 114 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 542 [secondary reference]

common name: Bananas [n/a]

Cheesman, E.E. (12 April 1948), Classification of the Bananas. Kew Bulletin 2(2): 106 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1173, 1174, 1176 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Musaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 16-19 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Andersson, L. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Musaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 300, Fig. 78A-G [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 330 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 563 [secondary reference]

Häkkinen, M. (2013), Reappraisal of sectional taxonomy in Musa (Musaceae). Taxon 62(4): 810 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Musa subg. Eumusa Baker nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Musa sect. Eumusa Cheesman nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Musa subg. Eumusa Baker nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Musa subg. Eumusa Anon. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Musa subg. Eumusa H.J.P.Winkl. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Musa sect. Eumusa Cheesman nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

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