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Internal ID UUID643ff916de57e565575784
Scientific name Ensete glaucum
Authority (Roxb.) Cheesman
First published in Kew Bull. 2: 101 (1947 publ. 1948)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Musa glauca Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 3: 96 (1820)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic موز الثلج
German schneebanane
Tamil என்ஸெட்டெ கிளாக்கம்
Thai กล้วยนวล
Chinese 象腿蕉
Chinese 康光
Chinese 桂丁掌
Chinese 象腿芭蕉
Chinese 竹菌

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Name Authority First published in
Ensete glaucum var. glaucum Unknown
Ensete glaucum var. wilsonii (Tutcher) Häkkinen Adansonia 33(2): 199. 2011 [30 Dec 2011]

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • Nepal
    • Indo-China
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago
      • New Guinea

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000407843
Tropicos 21500483
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584796-1
The Plant List kew-243303
Open Tree Of Life 585405
NCBI Taxonomy 482298
IUCN Red List 98248569
IPNI 584796-1
iNaturalist 602681
GBIF 2763038
Freebase /m/0h7mgk7
EPPO ENSGL
EOL 1119987
USDA GRIN 404699
Wikipedia Ensete_glaucum

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_021527575.1 ASM2152757v1 Chromosome Chinese Academy of Science 2022-01-20 225 472.01 Mb

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Ethnobotany and phytochemistry of plants used to treat musculoskeletal disorders among Skaw Karen, Thailand Kantasrila R, Pandith H, Balslev H, Wangpakapattanawong P, Panyadee P, Inta A Pharm Biol 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10763916
doi:10.1080/13880209.2023.2292261
PMID:38131672
Genome-wide expansion and reorganization during grass evolution: from 30 Mb chromosomes in rice and Brachypodium to 550 Mb in Avena Liu Q, Ye L, Li M, Wang Z, Xiong G, Ye Y, Tu T, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS BMC Plant Biol 08-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10704644
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04644-7
PMID:38062402
Two haplotype-resolved genome assemblies for AAB allotriploid bananas provide insights into banana subgenome asymmetric evolution and Fusarium wilt control Xie WZ, Zheng YY, He W, Bi F, Li Y, Dou T, Zhou R, Guo YX, Deng G, Zhang W, Yuan MH, Sanz-Jimenez P, Zhu XT, Xu XD, Zhou ZW, Zhou ZW, Feng JW, Liu S, Li C, Yang Q, Hu C, Gao H, Dong T, Dang J, Guo Q, Cai W, Zhang J, Yi G, Song JM, Sheng O, Chen LL Plant Commun 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10873913
doi:10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100766
PMID:37974402
A Flow Cytometry-Based Assessment of the Genomic Size and Ploidy Level of Wild Musa Species in India Natarajan RB, Pathania P, Singh H, Agrawal A, Subramani R Plants (Basel) 18-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609997
doi:10.3390/plants12203605
PMID:37896068
High-quality genome assemblies for two Australimusa bananas (Musa spp.) and insights into regulatory mechanisms of superior fiber properties Zhou R, Wang S, Zhan N, He W, Deng G, Dou T, Zhu XT, Xie WZ, Zheng YY, Hu C, Bi F, Gao H, Dong T, Liu S, Li C, Yang Q, Wang L, Song JM, Dang J, Guo Q, Yi G, Chen LL, Sheng O Plant Commun 03-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10811375
doi:10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100681
PMID:37660253
A near-complete genome assembly of Thalia dealbata Fraser (Marantaceae) Tang M, Huang J, Ma X, Du J, Bi Y, Guo P, Lu H, Wang L Front Plant Sci 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10298163
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1183361
PMID:37384358
Genome assembly of Musa beccarii shows extensive chromosomal rearrangements and genome expansion during evolution of Musaceae genomes Wang ZF, Rouard M, Droc G, Heslop-Harrison P(, Ge XJ Gigascience 21-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9941839
doi:10.1093/gigascience/giad005
PMID:36807539
A Perspective Review on Understanding Drought Stress Tolerance in Wild Banana Genetic Resources of Northeast India Thingnam SS, Lourembam DS, Tongbram PS, Lokya V, Tiwari S, Khan MK, Pandey A, Hamurcu M, Thangjam R Genes (Basel) 31-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9957078
doi:10.3390/genes14020370
PMID:36833297
Recent Progress on Tailoring the Biomass-Derived Cellulose Hybrid Composite Photocatalysts Chai YD, Pang YL, Lim S, Chong WC, Lai CW, Abdullah AZ Polymers (Basel) 01-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9736154
doi:10.3390/polym14235244
PMID:36501638
Polyploidy: its consequences and enabling role in plant diversification and evolution Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T, Liu Q Ann Bot 25-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9904344
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac132
PMID:36282971
Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review Yao Y, Habib M, Bajwa HF, Qureshi A, Fareed R, Altaf R, Ilyas U, Duan Y, Abbas M Front Pharmacol 05-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9581220
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.962095
PMID:36278240
The banana genome hub: a community database for genomics in the Musaceae Droc G, Martin G, Guignon V, Summo M, Sempéré G, Durant E, Soriano A, Baurens FC, Cenci A, Breton C, Shah T, Aury JM, Ge XJ, Harrison PH, Yahiaoui N, D’Hont A, Rouard M Hortic Res 28-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9720444
doi:10.1093/hr/uhac221
PMID:36479579
A chromosome-scale genome assembly of turmeric provides insights into curcumin biosynthesis and tuber formation mechanism Yin Y, Xie X, Zhou L, Yin X, Guo S, Zhou X, Li Q, Shi X, Peng C, Gao J Front Plant Sci 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9549246
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1003835
PMID:36226278
MusaRgeneDB: an online comprehensive database for disease resistance genes in Musa spp. Anuradha C, Chandrasekar A, Backiyarani S, Uma S 3 Biotech 12-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9374869
doi:10.1007/s13205-022-03285-1
PMID:35971335
Genome Assembly and Analysis of the Flavonoid and Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Pathways in Fingerroot Ginger (Boesenbergia rotunda) Taheri S, Teo CH, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T, Tan YS, Wee WY, Khalid N, Biswas MK, Mutha NV, Mohd-Yusuf Y, Gan HM, Harikrishna JA Int J Mol Sci 30-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9266397
doi:10.3390/ijms23137269
PMID:35806276

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