Musa bukensis

Musa bukensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species: M. bukensis
Binomial name
Musa bukensis
Argent[1][2]

Musa bukensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa) from the Solomon Islands.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[3]

References

  1. Musa bukensis was originally described and published in Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 35: 101, 1976. GRIN (2009), "Musa bukensis information from NPGS/GRIN", Taxonomy for Plants (National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program), retrieved 2013-01-14
  2. 1 2 "Musa bukensis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2013-01-13
  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
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