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English[en]
At the time he wrote Species Plantarum, Linnaeus had first hand knowledge of only one type of banana, which he personally had the opportunity of seeing growing under glass in the garden of Mr. George Clifford near Haarlem in the Netherlands.
Latin[la]
Linnaeus, cum librum scriberet, solum unum Musae genus novit, quod ipse sub vitro in caldario horti Georgii Clifford prope Harlemi in Nederlandia vidit.