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Banana-families, a Common card
The "banana-families" or banana group is a basal paraphyletic assemblage in the order Zingiberales that comprises Musaceae, Lowiaceae, Strelitziaceae, and Heliconiaceae.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 42
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,500
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Banana-families quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Banana-families card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Morphologically, this is a more ______ group than the "ginger-families" clade.
Answer
homogeneous. Morphologically, this is a more homogeneous group than the "ginger-families" clade. From the Banana-families article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andrew Jolivette. Andrew Jolivette 60 · Lorenzo Mascheroni 56 · SRD5A2 52 · Banana-families 42 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These taxa differentiate from the "ginger-families" derived clade by their plesiomorphic state of five or six fertile stamens, and generally have large banana-like leaves that are easily torn between secondary veins.
- Morphologically, this is a more homogeneous group than the "ginger-families" clade.
- In the past the banana families were often combined into the single family Musaceae.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Banana-families article was read about 2,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 42 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Banana-families
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Banana-families (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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