Musa peekelii

Musa peekelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Musaceae
Genus:	Musa
Species:	M. peekelii
Binomial name
Musa peekelii Lauterb.[1]
Subspecies[2][3]
Musa peekelii subsp. peekelii (autonym) M. p. subsp. angustigemma (N.W.Simmonds) Argent
Synonyms[2]
Musa angustigemma N.W.Simmonds  [=M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma]

Musa peekelii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.^[1] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.^[4] It is a very tall plant, reaching over 10 m (33 ft), with a narrow green drooping bud.^[5] The ripe bananas are red with bright yellow flesh.^[6] It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.^[5]

The subspecies M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma has been treated as a separate species, M. angustigemma.^[5]

References

1. "Musa peekelii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2013-01-19
2. GRIN (2009-11-18), "Musa peekelii information from NPGS/GRIN", Taxonomy for Plants (National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program), retrieved 2013-01-22
3. GRIN (2009-11-18), "Musa peekelii subsp. angustigemma information from NPGS/GRIN", Taxonomy for Plants (USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program), retrieved 2013-01-22
4. 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
5. 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
6. Sharrock, S. (2001), "Diversity in the genus Musa: focus on Australimusa", in INIBAP, Networking Banana and Plantain: INIBAP Annual Report 2000, Montpellier, France: International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, pp. 14–19 External link in |title= (help);