Musa beccarii

Musa beccarii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), found in Malaysia, in Sabah (in the northern part of the island of Borneo).[2][3] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).[4] The flower bud is narrow, bright scarlet with green-tipped bracts. The fruit is green and thin.[5] The species is named after Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari.[6]

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

See text

It includes two subspecies, Musa beccarii subsp. beccarii (the autonym) and Musa beccarii subsp. hottana Häkkinen.[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". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  3. "Musa beccarii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-14
  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, PMC 4240415, PMID 12197520
  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 (ed.), Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (PDF), Hōlualoa, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
  6. Crawford, "Ornamental Flowering Banana", Polynesian Produce Stand, retrieved 2013-06-26
  7. 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


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