Musa beccarii

Musa beccarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species: M. beccarii
Binomial name
Musa beccarii
N.W.Simmonds[1]
Subspecies[2]

Musa beccarii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), found in Malaysia, in Sabah (in the northern part of the island of Borneo).[3][4] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).[5] The flower bud is narrow, bright scarlet with green-tipped bracts. The fruit is green and thin.[6] The species is named after Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Musa beccarii was first described and published in Kew Bulletin 14: 200. 1960. "Name - !Musa beccarii N.W.Simmonds", Tropicos (Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)), retrieved 2013-01-14
  2. ↑ Musa beccarii subsp. beccarii is an autonym, a taxon name automatically created when there are discoveries of varieties, subspecies, etc. subsequent to the discovery of the original species; M. b. subsp. hottana was first described and published in Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 56: 138, 2005. "Name - !Musa beccarii var. hottana Häkkinen", Tropicos (MOBOT), retrieved 2013-01-14
  3. ↑ GRIN (2009), "Musa beccarii information from NPGS/GRIN", Taxonomy for Plants (National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program), retrieved 2013-01-14
  4. ↑ "Musa beccarii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2013-01-14
  5. ↑ Wong, C.; Kiew, R.; Argent, G.; Set, O.; Lee, S.K. & Gan, Y.Y. (2002), "Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in Musa (Musaceae) using ALFP", Annals of Botany 90 (2): 231–238, doi:10.1093/aob/mcf170
  6. ↑ Ploetz, R.C.; Kepler, A.K.; Daniells, J. & Nelson, S.C. (2007), "Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars", in Elevitch, C.R, Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (PDF), Hōlualoa, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
  7. ↑ Crawford, "Ornamental Flowering Banana", Polynesian Produce Stand, retrieved 2013-06-26
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