Musineae (Suborder)

Overview

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A Suborder in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Suborder Musineae is a member of the Order Zingiberales. Here is the complete "parentage" of Musineae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Zingiberanae Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Zingiberales Grisebach, 1854
        Suborder: Musineae

The Suborder Musineae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Family (1): Musaceae

Families

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Musaceae

Musaceae ( or /mju?'ze???.i?/) is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. 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. [more]

At least 554 species and subspecies belong to the Family Musaceae.

More info about the Family Musaceae may be found here.

Sources

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