Musaceae in Flora of China
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Description: This is the most up-to-date synthesis of available information on Musaceae in China although research is not complete. 14 species are keyed out here, 4 of which are endemic and 3 introduced.
Musaceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org 芭蕉科 ba jiao ke Herbs perennial or monocarpic, growing from sympodial rhizomes or a massive, sympodial corm. Pseudostems composed of closely packed leaf sheaths. Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; leaf blade entire, pinnately veined. Inflorescence terminal or rarely axillary, cymose. Bracts spirally arranged, often brilliantly colored, spathelike, large. Flowers bisexual or unisexual by abortion, zygomorphic. Perianth in 2 whorls; 3 outer tepals and 2 inner ones united into a compound tepal; third inner tepal free. Stamens 5, free; anthers 2-loculed. Pistil 1; ovary inferior, 3-loculed; ovules numerous per locule, anatropous; placentation axile. Style simple or capitate. Fruit a berry, fleshy or leathery and dry, indehiscent. Seeds hard, not arillate; embryo straight, surrounded by a ± well-developed endosperm and a mealy perisperm.
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| Date | Creation Date: 2003-08-14T15:34:40Z Expiry Date: 2014-08-14T15:34:40Z |