Banana Botanical Art

Banana
Musa spp.

Fig. 1

The Meal (The Bananas), Paul Gaugin

Fig. 2

'Guincos Finget'

Fig. 3

'Ciento en Boca'

'Popoulu' Hawaii

Fig. 4

'Popoulu'

Fig. 5

'Paradise'

Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa cavendishii Lamb.]

Fig. 6

Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa cavendishii Lamb.]

Fig. 7

Musa paradisiaca L.

Fig. 7b

Musa paradisiaca L.

Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planchon]

Fig. 8

Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planchon]

Fig. 9

Musa paradisiaca L. [as bala]

Musa paradisiaca L. [as Musa vittata W. Ackm. ex Rodigas]

Fig. 10

Musa paradisiaca L. [as Musa vittata W. Ackm. ex Rodigas]

Fig.11

Musa paradisiaca L.

Fig.12

Musa paradisiaca L.

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Fig. ¹ Gaugin, Paul. "The Meal (The Bananas)." Web Galery of Art, Oil on canvas.,Musee d'Orsay, Paris, www.wga.hu. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ² Newton, Amanda Almira. "Guincos Finget." USDA Pomological Watercolors, Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705, c. 1907, naldc.nal.usda.gov/usda_pomological_watercolor. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ³ Lower, Elsie E. "Ciento en Boca." USDA Pomological Watercolors, Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705, c. 1904, naldc.nal.usda.gov/usda_pomological_watercolor . Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁴ Newton, Amanda Almira. "Popoulu." USDA Pomological Watercolors, Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705, c. 1907, naldc.nal.usda.gov/usda_pomological_watercolor . Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁵ Passmore, Deborah Griscom. "Paradise." USDA Pomological Watercolors, Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705, c. 1900, naldc.nal.usda.gov/usda_pomological_watercolor . Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁶ Holden, S. "Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa cavendishii Lamb.]." Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants [J. Paxton], vol. 3: p. 51, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, U.S.A., 1839, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁷ Ehret, G. D. "Musa paradisiaca L." Plantae selectae, Trew, C. J., Ehret, G. D., vol. 2: t. 19, Missouri Botanical Garden, Se. Louis, U.S.A., 1751, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ^7b Ehret, G. D. "Musa paradisiaca L." Plantae selectae, Trew, C. J., Ehret, G. D., vol. 2: t. 20, Missouri Botanical Garden, Se. Louis, U.S.A., 1751, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁸ "Musa acuminata Colla [as Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planchon]." Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, Houtte, L. van, vol. 10: p. 223, t. 1061, 1855, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ⁹ "Musa paradisiaca L. [as bala]." Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, Rheede tot Drakestein, H. A. van, vol. 1: t. 14, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1678, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 13 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ¹⁰ "Musa paradisiaca L. [as Musa vittata W. Ackm. ex Rodigas ]." Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, Houtte, L. van, vol. 15: t. 0, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1845, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 24 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ¹¹ "Musa paradisiaca L." Flore médicale (vol. 1), Chaumeton, F. P., vol. 1: t. 54bis, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1833, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 14 Jan. 2015.
Fig. ¹² Denisse, E. "Musa paradisiaca L." Flore d’Amérique, t. 117, New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A., 1843-1846, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 24 Mar. 2017.

Published 13 Jan. 2015 LR. Last update 24 Mar. 2017 LR