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Heliconiaceae

Systematic Position

APG Classification

Bentham and Hooker

Classification

Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Plantae

Clade Angiosperms Class: Monocotyledonae

Clade Monocots Subclass Zingiberidae

Clade Commelinids Series Epigynae

Order Zingiberales Order Zingiberales

Family Musaceae Family Musaceae

Musa velutina

Zingiberaceae

Marantaceae

Cannaceae

Costaceae

Lowiaceae

Strelitziaceae

Musaceae

Note: Earlier Musaceae was a large family with 6 genera viz. Musa, Ensete, Ravenala,

Strelitzia, Orchidantha and Heliconia. In APG only Musa and Ensete are retained while

Ravenala, Strelitzia, Orchidantha and Heleconia are separated.

General Characters

Rhizogram of the Zingiberales

Distribution

Musaceae includes only 2 genera (Musa

and Ensete) and 81 species. The members

of this family are mainly wet tropical

lowlands from West Africa to Pacific

(southern Japan to Queensland). (Musa

is the most common plant of the family

found in India)

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Habit: Large perennial herbs

perennating by means of rhizome ( Musa

paradisiaca), raraly trees as in Ravenala

madagascariensis.

Root: Fibrous adventitious root

system.

Stem: In Musa the real stem is

found underground called rhizomatous

(dichotomously branching in atleast

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