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Ensete livingstonianum

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
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Internal ID UUID643ff9176394a314260159
Scientific name Ensete livingstonianum
Authority (J.Kirk) Cheesman
First published in Kew Bull. 2: 101 (1947 publ. 1948)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ensete elephantorum (K.Schum. & Warb.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 102 (1947 publ. 1948)
Ensete gilletii (De Wild.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948)
Musa chevalieri Gagnep. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 87 (1908)
Musa elephantorum K.Schum. & Warb. ex K.Schum. Pflanzenr. , IV, 45: 14 (1900)
Musa gilletii De Wild. Rev. Cult. Colon. 8: 102 (1900)
Musa livingstoniana J.Kirk J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 128 (1865)
Musa religiosa Dybowski Rev. Hort. (Paris) 72: 262 (1900)
Ensete religiosum Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 1947 publ. 1948

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English wild banana
Hausa ayabar daji

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000407862
Tropicos 100185156
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584801-1
The Plant List kew-243308
Open Tree Of Life 841384
NCBI Taxonomy 482409
IUCN Red List 44392854
IPNI 584801-1
iNaturalist 140997
GBIF 2763029
EOL 1119985

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A chromosome-level reference genome of Ensete glaucum gives insight into diversity and chromosomal and repetitive sequence evolution in the Musaceae Wang Z, Rouard M, Biswas MK, Droc G, Cui D, Roux N, Baurens FC, Ge XJ, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison P(, Liu Q Gigascience 30-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9055855
doi:10.1093/gigascience/giac027
PMID:35488861
Advances in the Molecular Cytogenetics of Bananas, Family Musaceae Šimoníková D, Čížková J, Zoulová V, Christelová P, Hřibová E Plants (Basel) 11-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8879896
doi:10.3390/plants11040482
PMID:35214815
Diversity, above-ground biomass, and vegetation patterns in a tropical dry forest in Kimbi-Fungom National Park, Cameroon Sainge MN, Nchu F, Townsend Peterson A Heliyon 31-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7002822
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03290
PMID:32042986
Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple Borrell JS, Biswas MK, Goodwin M, Blomme G, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS, Wendawek AM, Berhanu A, Kallow S, Janssens S, Molla EL, Davis AP, Woldeyes F, Willis K, Demissew S, Wilkin P Ann Bot 31-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6526316
doi:10.1093/aob/mcy214
PMID:30715125
Genome sequence data from 17 accessions of Ensete ventricosum, a staple food crop for millions in Ethiopia Yemataw Z, Muzemil S, Ambachew D, Tripathi L, Tesfaye K, Chala A, Farbos A, O’Neill P, Moore K, Grant M, Studholme DJ Data Brief 11-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5996239
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.026
PMID:29896517
Molecular and Cytogenetic Characterization of Wild Musa Species Čížková J, Hřibová E, Christelová P, Van den Houwe I, Häkkinen M, Roux N, Swennen R, Doležel J PLoS One 07-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4529165
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134096
PMID:26252482
Evidence of a link between taboos and sacrifices and resource scarcity of ritual plants Quiroz D, van Andel T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Jan-2015
PMCID:PMC4326513
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-5
PMID:25573058
Genome-Wide Analysis of Repeat Diversity across the Family Musaceae Novák P, Hřibová E, Neumann P, Koblížková A, Doležel J, Macas J PLoS One 16-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4059648
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098918
PMID:24932725
Plant DNA Flow Cytometry and Estimation of Nuclear Genome Size DOLEŽEL J, BARTOŠ J Ann Bot 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC4246710
doi:10.1093/aob/mci005
PMID:15596459

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