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Musaceae
Sign in to saveMusaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales. 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 woody trees. In most treatments, the family has three genera, Musa, Musella and Ensete. Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and many others are grown as ornamental plants.
Musaceae is a family of tropical flowering plants that includes about 91 species, most famously the banana plant, along with ornamental varieties grown around the world. These plants are native to Africa and Asia and are characterized by their large size and leaves that overlap at the base to create a woody-looking stem, even though they're actually herbaceous rather than true trees.
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Species
Musaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyMusaceae
General: Musaceae provide bananas Musa ×sapientum L. and plantains
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Research
3,244 papers- Comparative plastome analysis of Musaceae and new insights into phylogenetic relationships.BMC genomics · 2022Fu N, Ji M, Rouard M et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08454-3
- Genome assembly of Musa beccarii shows extensive chromosomal rearrangements and genome expansion during evolution of Musaceae genomes.GigaScience · 2022Wang ZF, Rouard M, Droc G et al.DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giad005
- Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia.The New phytologist · 2016Janssens SB, Vandelook F, De Langhe E et al.DOI: 10.1111/nph.13856
- A chromosome-level reference genome of Ensete glaucum gives insight into diversity and chromosomal and repetitive sequence evolution in the Musaceae.GigaScience · 2022Wang Z, Rouard M, Biswas MK et al.DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac027
- Genome-wide analysis of repeat diversity across the family Musaceae.PloS one · 2014Novák P, Hřibová E, Neumann P et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098918
- Immune and metabolic effects of African heritage diets versus Western diets in men: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2025Temba GS, Pecht T, Kullaya VI et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03602-0
- Effects of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on nutritional quality of banana (Zingiberales: Musaceae) buds.PloS one · 2018Yu D, Huang P, Chen Y et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202199
- Phytochemical profiling, toxicity studies, wound healing, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of Musa paradisiaca L. Musaceae (Plantain) stem extract in rats.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2024Ekweogu CN, Akubugwo EI, Emmanuel O et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117639
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Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales. 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 woody trees. In most treatments, the family has three genera, Musa, Musella and Ensete. Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and many others are grown as ornamental plants.
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