Musa borneensis

Musa borneensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species: M. borneensis
Binomial name
Musa borneensis
Becc.[1]

Musa borneensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to the island of Borneo,[1] in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[3]

Musa flavida M.Hotta is now considered to be only a variety of this species, M. borneensis var. flavida.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Musa borneensis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2013-01-17
  2. GRIN (2009-11-18), "Musa borneensis information from NPGS/GRIN", Taxonomy for Plants (National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program), retrieved 2013-01-22
  3. 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
  4. "Musa flavida", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2013-01-18
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