Ravenala
| Ravenala | |
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| Ravenala madagascariensis | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Strelitziaceae |
| Genus: | Ravenala Adans. |
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Ravenalais agenusofmonocotyledonousflowering plants. Classically, the genus was considered to include a single species,Ravenala madagascariensisfrom Madagascar.
Taxonomy
[edit]Species of the genusRavenalaare not true palms (familyArecaceae) but members of the familyStrelitziaceae.The genus is closely related to the southern African genusStrelitziaand the South American genusPhenakospermum.Some older classifications include these genera in the banana family (Musaceae).
Etymology
[edit]The scientific nameRavenalacomes fromMalagasyravinalaorravina alameaning "forest leaves".[1][2]
Species
[edit]Although formerly considered to bemonotypic,four different forms have been distinguished.[3][4]Five new species were described in 2021, all from Madagascar.[5]The following species are currently recognised in the genusRavenala:[6]
- Ravenala agatheaeHaev. & Razanats.
- Ravenala blanciiHaev., Jeannoda & Hladik
- Ravenala grandisHaev., Razanats., Hladik & P.Blanc
- Ravenala hladikorumHaev., Razanats., Jeannoda & P.Blanc
- Ravenala madagascariensisSonn.
- Ravenala menahiranaHaev. & Razanats.
References
[edit]- ^Boiteau, Pierre (1997)."reniala".Dictionnaire des noms malgaches de végétaux(in French). Vol. III. Editions Alzieu. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-09-20.Retrieved2022-09-17– via Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Madagascar.
de ravina: feuille, et ala: forêt...
- ^Sargent, Charles Sprague (1893)."Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art and Forestry".6(282). Garden and Forest Publishing Company.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^Patrick Blanc; Nelson Rabenandrianina; Annette Hladik & Claude Marcel Hladik (1999)."Les formes sympatriques et allopatriques du genreRavenaladans les forêts et les milieux ouverts de l'est de Madagascar ".Revue d'Écologie, Terre et Vie.54(3): 201–223.doi:10.3406/revec.1999.2292.S2CID163071446.
- ^P. Blanc; A. Hladik; N. Rabenandrianina; J.S. Robert; C.M. Hladik (2003). "Strelitziaceae: The variants ofRavenalain natural and anthropogenic habitats ". In Goodman, S.M.; Benstead, J. (eds.).The Natural History of Madagascar(PDF).The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London. pp. 472–476.
- ^Haevermans, Thomas; Hladik, Annette; Hladik, Claude-Marcel; Razanatsoa, Jacqueline; Haevermans, Agathe; Jeannoda, Vololoniaina; Blanc, Patrick (2021-11-09)."Description of five new species of the Madagascan flagship plant genus Ravenala (Strelitziaceae)".Scientific Reports.11(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 21965.Bibcode:2021NatSR..1121965H.doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01161-1.ISSN2045-2322.PMC8578647.PMID34753985.
- ^"Ravenala Adans. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".Plants of the World Online.Retrieved2024-02-22.
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