On Jun 3, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Calling a banana rhizome a "corm" is like calling a palm trunk a "caudex", > which is an older use of a word now applied to very different structures. > > Dylan If this is the case then how do you define rhizome? Most Musa do not fit the the normal definition of rhizome. Also, how would Ensete be classified as they do not spread at all? Tim Chapman