The PEDIGREE of
Domesticated banana tree

 
     aka Musa x paradisiaca, M. paradisiaca, M. sapientum; there are many cultivars of banana, all derived from the same two wild species; (perhaps the oldest cultivated fruit, domesticated in NEOLITHIC New Guinea)

     Born:  8000 BC


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/-- Branch of Stomatophytes   +====> [ 64]
/-- Clade of Stomatophytes and Hornworts
/-- Interkingdom Polysporangiophytes
/-- Infrakingdom of Tracheophytes (Vascular Plants)
/-- Subphylum Euphyllophytina (Ferns & Seed Plants)
/-- Superdivision of Spermatophytes (Seed Plants)
/-- Division of Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
/-- Subdivision of Mesangiospermae
/-- Class of Monocotyledons
/-- Infraclass of Commelinids
/-- Order Zingiberales (Gingers, Bananas, etc.)
/-- Family Musaceae (Bananas & kin)
/-- Genus Musa (Bananas and Plantains)
/-- Section Musa
/-- Musa acuminata
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- Domesticated banana tree
/-- Branch of Stomatophytes   +====> [ 64]
/-- Clade of Stomatophytes and Hornworts
/-- Interkingdom Polysporangiophytes
/-- Infrakingdom of Tracheophytes (Vascular Plants)
/-- Subphylum Euphyllophytina (Ferns & Seed Plants)
/-- Superdivision of Spermatophytes (Seed Plants)
/-- Division of Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
/-- Subdivision of Mesangiospermae
/-- Class of Monocotyledons
/-- Infraclass of Commelinids
/-- Order Zingiberales (Gingers, Bananas, etc.)
/-- Family Musaceae (Bananas & kin)
/-- Genus Musa (Bananas and Plantains)
/-- Section Musa
\-- Musa balbisiana
 

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