Ensete

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Ensete is one of three genera of plants in the banana family, Musaceae.

Related Topics:
Genera - Plant - Banana - Musaceae

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The genus Ensete was first described by Paul (or Paulo or Paulus) Fedorowitsch Horaninow (or Horaninov) (1796 - 1865) in his Prodromus Monographiae Scitaminarum of 1862 in which he created a single species, Ensete edule. However, the genus did not receive general recognition until 1947 when it was revived by E. E. Cheesman in the first of a series of papers in the Kew Bulletin on the classification of the bananas, with a total of 25 species.

Related Topics:
Paul (or Paulo or Paulus) Fedorowitsch Horaninow (or Horaninov) - Prodromus Monographiae Scitaminarum - 1862 - 1947 - E. E. Cheesman - Kew Bulletin

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Taxonomically, the genus Ensete has shrunk since Cheesman revived the genus. Cheesman acknowledged that field study might reveal synonymy and the most recent review of the genus by Simmonds (1960) listed just six. Recently the number has increased to seven as the Flora of China has, not entirely convincingly, reinstated Ensete wilsonii. There is one species in Thailand, somewhat resembling E. superbum, that has not been formally described, and possibly other Asian species.

Related Topics:
China - Thailand

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It is possible to separate Ensete into its African and Asian species.

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