Bennett encyclopedia of life support systemseolss the seed and is used to manufacture mats, brushes, twine and rope. Legumes includes a large number of domesticated species harvested as crops for human and. The leaves are alternate and very large, with the proximal. In india the family is represented by a single genus musa and 10 species. Pdf a distinctive new wild banana species musa, musaceae. Dec 08, 2017 musaceae banana family systematic position botanical description and economical importance of musa paradisiaca musaceae banana family musa paradisiaca. The classification of the musaceae banana family species and their phylogenetic interrelationships remain controversial, in part due to limited nucleotide information to complement the morphological and physiological characters. This survey has resulted in new records of 64 genera and 103 species for the state. Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and many other. The species included are grouped into 16167 genera, 620 families and 4 major groups. In this work the evolutionary relationships within the musaceae family were studied using species and dna sequences obtained from a set of 19.
Coconut leaves are split longitudinally for roof thatch. Today they are cultivated throughout the tropics and are grown in at least 107 countries, primarily for their fruit and. Vegetable plantvegetable plant families and page f their. A number of species are of economic importance as food crops, including apples. The plants typically grow in poor, acidic soils or bogs. Bagging experiments and comparative breeding system studies were carried out at different study sites and in different. Pdf evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of musaceae reveal. Use the browse function to explore the taxonomic hierarchy embedded within the plant list. Musaceae musa paradisiaca and its economic importance. Li, a monotypic genus in the banana family musaceae endemic to southwestern china, was investigated. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. Musaceae includes about 6 genera and about 150 species. The musaceae are large, often treelike perennial herbs comprising 2 genera and about 45 species.
Plants of the miners lettuce family are succulent herbs with regular, bisexual flowers. Economic botany twentyfive economically important plant families b. The orchidaceae is related to the epigynous components of the liliiflorae liliales. Around 70 species of musa are known, with a broad variety of uses though they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent stem is made up of the bases of the huge leaf stalks. The plant list includes 235 scientific plant names of species rank for the family musaceae. This classification relies heavily on characters of fruit morphology and anatomy, many of which are subject to convergent evolution e. The musaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order zingiberales. Plants only herbs that are widely distributed and successfully invaded in various situations. The very small 5merous flowers have an inferior ovary composed of 25 connate carpels. The orchidaceae is agreed upon by almost all botanists to be the most advanced family in the monocots for the following reasons.
Evolutionary patterns within musaceae were inferred using ancestral area reconstruction and diversification rate analyses. Floral phenology, nectar production, and flower visitors were observed, measured, and recorded. A floristic survey of the family compositae from aguascalientes state, mexico, has been performed. The sensory characteristics such as appearance, odor, taste, sourness, dryness and texture of kocho samples prepared from each selected enset variety were evaluated using a sensory panel of judges. List of plants from musaceae family total 6 plants from musaceae. This is a small family of only about 40 species in two genera musa and ensete found in wet tropical lowlands, although recently one or two species have been found in higher latitudes. Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with ca 91 known species. 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.
Unesco eolss sample chapters economic botany twentyfive economically important plant families b. Musaceae definition is a family of trees or arborescent herbs order musales that have clustered flowers subtended by spathaceous bracts, a perianth of two petaloid series, five anthers with one staminodium, and a baccate or capsular fruit. Plants in this family have evolved with a fair amount of morphological diversity despite genetic similarity. Knowing which family a plant belongs to can be useful not just a way of showing off. A distinctive new wild banana species musa, musaceae from northern vietnam article pdf available in phytotaxa 75. In the neotropics, the most important phytotelmata are apiaceae, araceae, bromeliaceae, poaceae, heliconiaceae, marantaceae, musaceae, sarraceniaceae, strelitziaceae and zingiberaceae, including an uncompiled and probably long list of plant families providing fruits or fallen leaves. The leaves are alternate and very large, with the proximal concentric, appressed sheathing portions comprising a pseudotrunk from which the individual petioles and blades diverge. There are usually 2 sepals and 5 petals, but a few species have 2, 3, 4, or 6 petals, and the bitterroot lewisia has up to 18 petals. Musaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In india, there are 22 genera and about 110 species.
John kress2 herbs perennial or monocarpic, growing from sympodial rhizomes or a massive, sympodial corm. Musaceae are characteristic elements of tropical and subtropical. Bennett encyclopedia of life support systemseolss compound leaves are alternate. Apr 16, 2011 the classification of the musaceae banana family species and their phylogenetic interrelationships remain controversial, in part due to limited nucleotide information to complement the morphological and physiological characters. The family is primarily found in the north temperate zone and occurs in a wide variety of habitats. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Musaceae banana family systematic position botanical description and economical importance of musa.
The musaceae family is subdivided into the genera musa and ensete. Each baked sample was cut into pieces of similar size corresponding to the number of panelists in three replications. Banana and plantains, which are derived from the wild species m. Musaceae plant classification group famine foods purdue. Musaceae article about musaceae by the free dictionary. An annotated list of the species of ensete, musa and musella introduction. Plants of the heath family the heath family is as exciting to know as blueberries and huckleberries vaccinium. Malvaceae is a dicotyledonous family comprising about 82 genera and 1500 species, distributed almost throughout the world and particularly abundant in trpics. The heliconiaceae and musaceae may be distinguished by characteristics of their lamina anatomy and by the fact that musaceae blades have an irregular apex. They are grown mainly for their fruit, the banana, and for their fibres, manila and hemp, used for making rope.
This annotated list started life as a simple attempt to resolve inconsistencies and ambiguities in nomenclature of the ornamental musaceae encountered in various standard horticultural texts. Several taxonomists consider orchidaceae to be the most advanced and highest evolved among monocotyledons. Pronunciation of family musaceae with 2 audio pronunciations, 4 synonyms, 1 meaning, 10 translations and more for family musaceae. The musaceae family including five ensete, 45 musa and one musella species was dated. The plant list includes a further 182 scientific plant. The family is native to the tropics of the old world. Adeomowaye, in flour and breads and their fortification in health and disease prevention, 2011.
Enset is an important staple crop for about 14 20 million of the population of the people living in the densely populated regions of south and southwestern ethiopia. Musaceae banana family, musa paradisiaca and economic importance. The orchidaceae has beerl also believed to arise from the musaceae or its ancestor. They are grown mainly for their fruit, the banana, and. The lily family, liliaceae, consists of about 254 genera and about 4075 known species of flowering plants within the order liliales. About the classification report about the classification download. A multi gene sequencebased phylogeny of the musaceae. The idea of plant families is that plants which have something in common can be grouped together. Effect of clonal variation on quality of kocho traditional. Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of musaceae reveal a. In india it is represented by 2 genera and about 25. Complete information on the characteristics of the family.
The following dichotomous key reflects the traditional classification of the genera of the apiaceae into subfamilies, tribes, and subtribes. Thus, they are technically gigantic herbs musa species are used as food plants by. Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of musaceae reveal. Musaceae, the banana family of plants order zingiberales, consisting of 2 genera, musa and ensete, with about 50 species native to africa, asia, and australia. This family includes mostly shrubs some herbs and trees with usually alternate, often evergreen leaves. Write the general characteristic features of musaceae. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. Common characteristics include large flowers with parts arranged in threes. The pollination biology of musella lasiocarpa franch. Musaceae jussieu 1789 is a small family disjunctively distributed in tropical regions in asia, africa and australia. In terms of gross value of production, bananas and plantains are the developing worlds fourth most. The value of these characters for taxonomic and cladistic analyses is discussed. Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with ca 91 known species, placed in the order zingiberales.
Musa is one of two or three genera in the family musaceae. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. The banana family originated and diversified during the early eocene in northern indo. Baskets, back pats, and hats are woven from the leaf. Lamina architecture and anatomy in the heliconiaceae and. Characters of musaceae plants large herbs with false stem, or trees, leaves large, compound inflorescence with large often petaloid bracts.
Cheesman belongs to the order sctaminae, the family musaceae. The plant list contains a working list of plants of the world. In some books the 2 sepals are considered bracts modified leaves and the petals are considered colored sepals. Phylogenetic analyses of the banana family musaceae based on. Service oriented architecture it6801 question bank pdf free download. They are herbaceous plants, with thick pseudostems. Musaceae plant classification group famine foods plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine purdue university, west lafayette, indiana. Nutritional analysis of the selected varieties was also carried out using official methods of analysis aoac, 1984, 1990, 1995.
In a time span of the banana family systematic position. Fabaceae leguminosae pea or bean family peas, greenstring beans, fava beans, hyacinth bean, cowpea, peanut. Species of musaceae contained within the plant list belong to 2 plant genera. The family is native to the tropics of africa and asia. Plantain is a form of banana, which belongs to the family musaceae, genus musa.
In this work the evolutionary relationships within the musaceae family were studied using species and dna sequences obtained from a set of 19 unlinked nuclear. A multi gene sequencebased phylogeny of the musaceae banana. Some special features and relationships between anther structure and pollinator type are. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the banana family. The paleotropical musaceae family comprises the genera musa, ensete and musella. The phylogenetic position of the family within the order zingiberales is well understood as being closely related to heliconiaceae, lowiaceae and strelitziaceae kress et al. Noteworthy characteristics this is a large, fastgrowing, suckering plant technically an herbaceous perennial that grows to 614 tall. Gardeners grow these plants not for their fruit which is small, green and inedible but for their ornamental foliage which lends an exotic and tropical aura to the landscape. Ethnobotanical survey of bananas musaceae in six districts of. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family musaceae. The plant list includes a further 182 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the family musaceae. Rosaceae, the rose family of flowering plants order rosales, composed of some 2,500 species in more than 90 genera. The fabaceae, also called leguminosae or bean and pea family, is the third largest family of angiosperms after orchidaceae orchids and asteraceae daisies, sunflowers, and second only to poaceae grasses in terms of agricultural and economic importance.