taxobox name Musaceae image Musa paradisiaca Blanco1.88.png image caption Musa paradisiaca regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae range map Map Musaceae.PNG range map caption legend 0000ff Musaceae distribution range map caption legend 0000ff Musaceae distribution subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Ensete Musa Musaceae Musa Musella Musaceae IPAc en icon m ju z e i or IPAc en m ju z e . i is a botanical name for a family biology family of flowering plants . 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 wood y trees. The family has been practically universally recognized by taxonomists, although with differing circumscriptions. Older ... . The APG II system , of 2003 unchanged from the APG system , 1998 , assigns Musaceae ... Musa Musella Plantain References Reflist External links commonscat Musaceae wikispecies http www.mobot.org MOBOT Research APweb orders zingiberalesweb.htm MusaceaeMusaceae at the http www.mobot.org MOBOT ... id 10588 Musaceae in the Flora of China http delta intkey.com angio www musaceae.htm Musaceae in L ... 1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser http www.csdl.tamu.edu FLORA cgi gateway family?fam Musaceae links at CSDL The Musaceae an annotated list of the species http www.users.globalnet.co.uk drc musaceae.htm Category Musaceae Category Commelinid families bg ca Mus cia cs Ban novn kovit da Banan familien de Bananengew chse es Musaceae eu Musaceae fr Musaceae ko hsb Bananowe rostliny id Musaceae it Musaceae jv Musaceae la Musaceae lt Bananiniai hu Ban nf l k nl Banaanfamilie ja no Bananfamilien koi pl Bananowate pt Musaceae ro Musaceae ru simple Musaceae sr Musaceae fi Banaanikasvit sv Bananv xter te tr Muzgiller uk vi H Chu i zh ... more details
In biology, the BBCH scale for musaceae describes the phenology phenological development of musaceae using the BBCH scale . The phenological growth stages and BBCH identification keys of musaceae are class wikitable style clear rowspan 2 Growth stage colspan 3 Code rowspan 2 Description 2 digit 3 digit 4 digit rowspan 2 style vertical align top 0 Sprouting or emergence 00 000 0000 Recently planted material plants from tissue cultures and corns without visible growth 05 005 0005 Emergence of the 1st new leaf in plants from tissue cultures or of the foliar shoot of the corn rowspan 30 style vertical align top 1 Leaf development rowspan 5 10 rowspan 5 100 1000 Formation of the 1st leaf of the planted corn or the candela leaf in tissue culture plants candela stage 0 1002 Leaf 1 at candela stage 2 1004 Leaf 1 at candela stage 4 1006 Leaf l at candela stage 6 1008 Leaf l at candela stage 8 rowspan 5 11 rowspan 5 101 1010 One leaf completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 0 1012 One leaf completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 2 1014 One leaf completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 4 1016 One leaf completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 6 1018 One leaf completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 8 rowspan 5 12 rowspan 5 102 1020 Two leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 0 1022 Two leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 2 1024 Two leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 4 1026 Two leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 6 1028 Two leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 8 rowspan 5 13 rowspan 5 103 1030 Three leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 0 1032 Three leaves completely open and the youngest leaf at candela stage 2 1034 Three leaves completely open and the youngest leaf ... for codification of the phenological cycle of edible Musaceae. journal Ann. appl. Biol. volume In preparation ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa siamensis image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. siamensis binomial Musa siamensis binomial authority Markku H kkinen H kkinen & Richard H. Wallace Rich.H.Wallace ref name grin Species original description H kkinen, M. & R. H. Wallace. Musa siamensis , a new Musa species Musaceae from S.E. Asia. article in Folia Malaysiana 8 61&ndash 70. 2007 cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?458654 title Musa siamensis information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date Nov 18, 2009 accessdate May 22, 2010 ref Musa siamensis is an Asia n tropics tropical species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to Indo China Thailand . ref name grin References reflist Category Musa siamensis Category Plants described in 2007 Category Flora of Thailand Zingiberales stub vi Musa siamensis ... more details
Unreferenced stub type plant auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 italic title Taxobox name Musa ingens regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. ingens binomial Musa ingens The plant species Musa ingens is the physically largest member of the family Musaceae . Growing in the tropical forests of New Guinea , its leaves can reach a length of 5 meters and its pseudostem 2 meters in circumference. Its fruit is inedible. External links http www.users.globalnet.co.uk drc musa ingens.htm DEFAULTSORT Musa Ingens Category Musa ingens Zingiberales stub es Musa ingens uk vi Musa ingens ... more details
Taxobox regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. insularimontana binomial Musa insularimontana binomial authority Bunz Hayata Hayata ref name foc Icon. Pl. Formosan 3 194. 1913. cite journal url http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 2&taxon id 240001487 title Musa insularimontana work Flora of China journal Flora of China volume FOC 24 page 318 publisher eFloras accessdate July 7, 2010 ref Musa insularimontana is a species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to Taiwan coastal Orchid Island Lan Y , where it is known by the name lan yu ba jiao . ref name foc References reflist Category Musa insularimontana Category Plants described in 1913 Category Flora of Taiwan Zingiberales stub ... more details
unreferenced stub date October 2011 Taxobox regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Ensete genus Ensete species E. glaucum binomial Ensete glaucum binomial authority William Roxburgh Roxb. Cheesman Ensete glaucum , the Snow Banana, is a larger version of the Abyssinian Banana but not so well known, sometimes called Musa nepalensis or Ensete giganteum , or Ensete wilsonii . It is native to China, Nepal, India, Burma, and Thailand up to 2600 8800ft. It has a thick, waxy and blue, solitary trunk with huge bluish leaves up to 10ft 3m long. An extremely fast growing banana given heat, but not as hardy as Ensete ventricosum . Easy to raise from seed and very different with its swollen bulbous base and large leaves Category Musaceae Category Plants described in 1820 Zingiberales stub ... more details
H kkinen is a surname originating in Finland . It may also refer to, alphabetically Henri H kkinen born 1980 , Finnish sport shooter Hilda H kkinen 1894 2005 , Finnish supercentenarian Markku H kkinen born 1946 , Finnish botanist authority on the Musaceae family Mika H kkinen born 1968 , Finnish racing driver, F1 champion Pasi H kkinen born 1977 , Finnish ice hockey player Disambig surname DEFAULTSORT Hakkinen Category Finnish language surnames Category Surnames of Finnish origin de H kkinen it H kkinen fi H kkinen ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. maclayi binomial Musa maclayi Musa maclayi is a species of seeded banana native to Northern Queensland , Australia . Seeds have not been offered publicly yet. References http www.bananas.org wiki Musa maclayi Musa maclayi on Bananas Wiki Category Bananas Category Musa maclayi ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Scitamineae is a descriptive botanical names descriptive botanical name . Historically it has been applied to a remarkably stable group of flowering plants at the rank botany rank of family in the Bentham & Hooker system volume of 1883 , placed in order Epigynae in the Monocotyledones at the rank of order biology order in the Wettstein system and Engler system . In the Wettstein system , last revised in 1935, it was circumscribed order Scitamineae family Musaceae family Zingiberaceae family Cannaceae family Marantaceae In the Engler system , update of 1964, it was circumscribed order Scitamineae family Musaceae family Zingiberaceae family Cannaceae family Marantaceae family Lowiaceae The Cronquist system , of 1981, also treats the plants so united as a unit, also at the rank of order, but by splitting has increased the number of families to eight, in total . However, the order is named Zingiberales and is placed in subclass Zingiberidae , which in its turn belongs to the class Liliopsida monocotyledons . The APG II system , of 2003 unchanged from the APG system , 1998 , recognises this same order Zingiberales with the same eight families but assigns it to the clade commelinids in the monocots . Category Obsolete plant orders Category Botanical nomenclature nl Scitamineae ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa paracoccinia image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. paracoccinia binomial Musa paracoccinia binomial authority Ai Zhong Liu A.Z.Liu & De Zhu Li D.Z.Li ref name grin Original description of this plant was first published in A. Z. Liu et al. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 43 77. 2002. cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?458618 title Musa paracoccinia information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date November 18, 2009 accessdate July 7, 2010 ref Musa paracoccinia is a tropics tropical and subtropics subtropical Asia n species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to both China southeastern Yunnan province and Indochina northern Vietnam . ref name grin References reflist Category Musa paracoccinia Category Plants described in 2002 Category Flora of China Category Flora of Vietnam Zingiberales stub ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa zaifui image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. zaifui binomial Musa zaifui binomial authority Markku H kkinen H kkinen & Hong Wang H.Wang ref name grin Species original description in Nordic Journal of Botany . Copenhagen. 26 1 2 43 42 46 figs. 1 6 2008. cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?460093 title Musa zaifui information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date Nov 18, 2009 accessdate July 7, 2010 ref Musa zaifui is a species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to temperate China Yunnan province . ref name grin References reflist Category Musa zaifui Category Plants described in 2008 Category Flora of Thailand Zingiberales stub ... more details
taxobox image Musa nagensium.jpg image caption Musa nagensium from the Greenhouse at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh RBGE, Edinburgh regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. nagensium binomial Musa nagensium binomial authority Prain 1904 ref Prain, D. 1904 Musa nagensium, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , 73 2 22 ref Musa nagensium is a species of the genus Musa genus Musa , found in North east India . References reflist External links Category Musa nagensium Category Flora of India Zingiberales stub ... more details
Musa genus Musa Musaceae Plantain References Cheeseman, E.E. 1947. Classification of the bananas. Kew ... Category Musaceae Category Zingiberales genera pt Musella vi Musella ... more details
Story date October 2009 taxobox image Starr 080716 9301 Musa velutina.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. velutina binomial Musa velutina Musa velutina , the Pink Banana , is a species of seeded banana . Fruits are 3 inches long, pink, and fuzzy. They are born on erect flower stalks with a pink inflorescence. Musa velutina flowers at a young age, doing so within a year. The fruits peal back when ripe. It is often grown as an ornamental, but has soft, sweet flesh that can be eaten. The seeds are quite hard and can chip a tooth. References http webebananas.com bvar T Z.html Musa velutina on Encanto Farms DEFAULTSORT Musa Velutina Category Bananas Category Musa velutina Zingiberales stub ... more details
taxobox name Chinese dwarf banana image Musella lasiocarpa2.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musella species M. lasiocarpa binomial Musella lasiocarpa The Chinese dwarf banana Musella lasiocarpa , also known as the golden lotus banana , is a plant of the Musella genus. It is thus a close relative of bananas, and also a member of the Musaceae family. The plant is native to the Yunnan province in China , where it grows high in the mountains up to an altitude of 2500 m. It is known for its yellow erect flower see image , generally appearing during the second year of cultivation, that can last a few months. Just before opening, the flower resembles a lotus plant lotus from which the plant gets one of its names. File Musella lasiocarpa at Hampton Court Flower Show.jpg thumb left In 1841, the United States Department of Agriculture introduced Chinese dwarf cooking bananas to Florida , but there was little interest among consumers at the time. ref Virginia Scott Jenkins Bananas An American History , Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN 1 56098 966 1 , p. 6 ref References references External links http coolexotics.com plant 350.html Chinese dwarf banana http www.magnoliagardensnursery.com productdescrip Musella.html Musella lasiocarpa http www.bananas.org wiki Musella Lasiocarpa Musella lasipcarpa Category Bananas sv Guldbanan ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa tuberculata image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. tuberculata binomial Musa tuberculata binomial authority Mitsuru Hotta M.Hotta ref name grin J. Jap. Bot. 42 347. 1967 cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?458657 title Musa tuberculata information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date Nov 18, 2009 accessdate May 25, 2011 ref Musa tuberculata is a tropics tropical Asia n species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to the Malesia n region Brunei . ref name grin It is one of fourteen species of Musa endemism endemic to the island of Borneo . ref name mh cite web url http www.musalit.org pdf IN050503 en.pdf title Endemic Callimusa species of Borneo author Markku H kkinen location Kotka, Finland work International Congress on Musa publisher MusaLit.org accessdate May 25, 2011 ref The specific epithet tuberculata is from the Latin language Latin meaning covered with minute tubercle s . References reflist Category Musa tuberculata Category Plants described in 1967 Category Flora of Borneo Category Flora of Brunei Category Flora of Malaysia Zingiberales stub ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa laterita image Gardenology.org IMG 7547 qsbg11mar.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. laterita binomial Musa laterita binomial authority Ernest Entwistle Cheesman Cheesman ref name grin Kew Bull. 1949 265. 1949 cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?460096 title Musa laterita information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date Nov 18, 2009 accessdate May 22, 2010 ref Musa laterita is an Asia n tropics tropical ornamental plant ornamental species ref name mh cite journal title Musa laterita an ornamental banana author Markku H kkinen H kkinen, M. journal Fruit gardener year 2001 issue 4 volume 33 pages 6&ndash 7 location Fullerton, California ref of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to the Indian Subcontinent northeastern India and Indo China Myanmar and Thailand . ref name grin References reflist Category Musa laterita Category Plants described in 1949 Category Flora of Burma Category Flora of India Category Flora of Thailand Category Garden plants Zingiberales stub ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa hirta image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. hirta binomial Musa hirta binomial authority Odoardo Beccari Becc. ref name trop Musa hirta was first described and published in Nelle Foreste di Borneo In the Forests of Borneo 624. 1902. cite web url http www.tropicos.org Name 100226254 title Name Musa hirta Becc. work Tropicos publisher Missouri Botanical Garden location Saint Louis, Missouri accessdate May 25, 2011 ref Musa hirta is a tropics tropical Asia n species of plant in the Musaceae banana family native to Sarawak on the island of Borneo , in Malaysia . ref name grin cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?458640 title Musa hirta information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date November 19, 2009 accessdate May 25, 2011 ref It is one of fourteen species of Musa endemism endemic to the island of Borneo. ref name mh cite web url http www.musalit.org pdf IN050503 en.pdf title Endemic Callimusa species of Borneo author Markku H kkinen location Kotka, Finland work International Congress on Musa publisher MusaLit.org accessdate May 25, 2011 ref References reflist Category Musa hirta Category Plants described in 1902 Category Flora of Borneo Category Flora of Malaysia Zingiberales stub ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Musa ochracea image image caption regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. ochracea binomial Musa ochracea binomial authority Kenneth Ronald Shepherd K.Sheph. ref name ipni Musa ochracea was first described and published in Kew Bulletin. Kew, England xvii. 461 1964 . cite web url http www.ipni.org 80 ipni idPlantNameSearch.do?id 584972 1 title Plant Name Details for Musa ochracea quote Notes India vel Pakistan. Illus work International Plant Names Index IPNI accessdate June 13, 2011 ref Musa ochracea is a plant in the Musaceae banana and plantain family native to tropical Asia in India . ref name grin cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?458667 title Musa ochracea information from NPGS GRIN author Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN work Taxonomy for Plants publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Agricultural Research Service ARS , National Genetic Resources Program location National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland date November 18, 2009 accessdate June 13, 2011 ref The specific name botany specific epithet , ochracea , is a Latin word meaning ochracaceous ochre ochre colored . References reflist Category Musa ochracea Category Plants described in 1964 Category Flora of India Zingiberales stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Hercules Morpho image Morphohercules.JPG image width 240px image caption Museum Wiesbaden Museum specimen. regnum Animal ia unranked family Rhopalocera phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Brush footed butterfly Nymphalidae tribus Morphini genus Morpho butterfly Morpho species M. hercules binomial Morpho hercules binomial authority Johan Wilhelm Dalman Dalman , 1823 The Hercules Morpho , Morpho hercules , is a Neotropical butterfly found in Brazil and Paraguay . Biology The Caterpillar larva feeds on Musaceae and Menispermaceae Abuta selloana . Etymology Named for the mythological hero Hercules . References BiolJLinnSoc74 1. Eug ne Le Moult Le Moult E. & Pierre R al R al P. , 1962 1963. Les Morpho d Am rique du Sud et Centrale , Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris. External links http www.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea nymphalidae morphinae morpho index.html Funet Taxonomy subspecies http www.butterfliesofamerica.com L t Morpho hercules a.htm Butterflies of America Images of Holotype type and other specimens. Category Morphos Category Butterflies and moths of South America Morphinae stub la Morpho hercules ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Musaceae genus Musa genus Musa species M. itinerans binomial Musa itinerans binomial authority Ernest Entwistle Cheesman Cheesman Musa itinerans , the Yunnan banana , is the landmark 24,200th plant species saved at Kew Gardens Millennium Seed Bank Project . With this addition the seed bank has collected 10 of the world s wild plant species. ref name kew http www.kew.org news kew millennium seed bank partnership top banana celebrate banking 10 percent.htm kew.org ref The endangered M. itinerans is native to China and is an important food for wild Asian elephants . ref name kew References reflist External links http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 2&taxon id 200028240 Flora of China DEFAULTSORT Musa Itinerans Category Bananas Category Musa itinerans Categories zh ... more details
Taxobox name Zingiberales fossil range fossil range 80 Late Cretaceous Recent image Starr 061212 2337 Alpinia purpurata.jpg image caption Alpinia purpurata , a popular ornamental of the Zingerbaceae. regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales ordo authority August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach Griseb. subdivision ranks Families Zingiberales is an order biology order of flowering plants . The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades. This order includes many familiar plants like ginger , cardamom , turmeric , galangal and myoga of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family, and banana s and plantain s of the Musaceae or banana family, along with arrowroot of the Marantaceae or arrowroot family. It is considered that the Zingiberales together with the Commelinales evolved around 80 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous . Classification The APG III system , of 2009 unchanged from the APG system 1998 and the APG II system 2003 , recognizes this order and assigns it to the clade commelinids , in the monocots . It is circumscribed as order Zingiberales family Cannaceae family Costaceae family Heliconiaceae family Lowiaceae family Marantaceae family Musaceae family Strelitziaceae family Zingiberaceae The Cronquist system , also recognised this order consisting of the same eight families, but organized the order in the subclass Zingiberidae of the class Liliopsida monocotyledons . Earlier list of systems of plant taxonomy systems , such as the Wettstein system , last revised in 1935, and the Engler system , updated in 1964, recognised a similar order containing the same plants, although divided over fewer families Scitamineae . External links Wikispecies commonscat Zingiberales http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Taxonomy Browser wwwtax.cgi?mode Undef&id 4618&lvl 3&lin f&keep 1&srchmode 1&unlock NCBI Category Zingiberales Category Angiosperm orders az Z nc fil i klil r bg ... more details
taxobox name Strelitziaceae image Arbol del viajero.jpg image caption Ravenala madagascariensis regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Zingiberales familia Strelitziaceae range map Map Strelitziaceae.PNG range map caption Strelitziaceae distribution map range map caption Strelitziaceae distribution map subdivision ranks Genus Genera subdivision See text. Strelitziaceae is a family biology family of monocotyledon ous flowering plants . The plants are very similar in appearance and growth habit to members of the related families Heliconiaceae and Musaceae banana family . The genera of Strelitziaceae have been included in Musaceae in some classifications, but are generally recognized as a separate family in more recent treatments such as the APG II system 2003 . The APG II system assigns Strelitziaceae to the order Zingiberales in the commelinid clade. Strelitziaceae includes three genus genera , all occurring in tropical to subtropical regions Strelitzia with 5 species in southern Africa , Ravenala with a single species in Madagascar , and Phenakospermum with a single species in northern South America . The best known species is the bird of paradise flower Strelitzia reginae , grown for its flowers worldwide in tropics tropical and subtropical garden s, and a well known flower in floristry . The other species of Strelitzia have less colourful flowers and are grown instead for their striking foliage. Also grown for its foliage is the traveller s tree, Ravenala madagascariensis . External links commonscat Strelitziaceae http www.mobot.org MOBOT Research APweb orders zingiberalesweb.htm Strelitziaceae Strelitziaceae in Stevens, P. F. 2001 onwards . http www.mobot.org MOBOT Research APweb welcome.html Angiosperm Phylogeny Website . Version 7, May 2006 and more or less continuously updated since . http delta intkey.com angio www Strelitz.htm Strelitziaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz 1992 onwards . http delta ... more details
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