Musa

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q8666090
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Musa

Summary

Musa is a taxon[1]. Musa ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,274 views/month, #1,072 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Musa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Musa is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Musa belongs to the parent taxon Musaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Musa is Musa[6].
  • Musa's Commons category is recorded as Musa (genus)[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Musa is Musa × paradisiaca[8].
  • Musa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musa (genus)[9].
  • Musa's Commons gallery is recorded as Musa (genus)[10].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[14].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Salmonsens konversationsleksikon, 2nd edition[16].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok, 4th edition[17].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok, 2nd edition[18].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok, 1st edition[19].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Illustreret norsk konversationsleksikon[20].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Norsk Haandlexikon[21].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Tietosanakirja[22].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Bonniers konversationslexikon, 1st edition[23].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Pieni Tietosanakirja[24].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Åhlén & söners uppslagsbok[25].
  • Musa's described by source is recorded as Den nye Salmonsen[26].
  • Musa's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7876[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Musa is Musa[6]. Musa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Musa is classified within Musaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Musa is Musa × paradisiaca[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'banana'}[28], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芭蕉属'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芭蕉属'}[30], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'банан'}[31], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bananovec'}[32].

Identifiers

Musa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62911[33]. Musa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4640[34]. Musa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 44527[35]. Musa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2760990[36]. Musa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42388[37].

Why It Matters

Musa ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,274 views/month, #1,072 of 195,241).[2] Musa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Musa is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2). wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    This taxon is source of banana, cooking banana, banana leaf +3
    Instance of taxon
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +13
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007282588605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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