Musa beccarii

Musa beccarii
M. beccarii subsp. hottana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 [2]
Subspecies
See text

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]

Description

Musa beccarii is a stoloniferous plant growing up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) tall, with up to 12 suckers. ^[1] The flower bud is narrow, bright scarlet with green-tipped bracts. The fruit is green and thin. ^[6]

Habitat

Musa beccarii grows in damp places at edge of Borneo lowland rain forests and grass fields, up to 49 metres (161 ft) elevation. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The species is named after Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari. ^[7]

It includes two subspecies, Musa beccarii subsp. beccarii (the autonym) and Musa beccarii subsp. hottana Häkkinen . ^{[8] [9]} Häkkinen et al., 2007 use Inter-Retrotransposon Amplified Polymorphism (IRAP) markers to measure genetic distance between the subspecies. ^[8] They recommend separation as Musa beccarii and Musa hottana. ^[8]

References

1. Allen, R. (2019). "Musa beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T121033043A121033225. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
2. 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 , retrieved 2013-01-14
3. "Musa beccarii". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2013-01-14.
4. "Musa beccarii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2013-01-14

5. Heslop-Harrison, J. S.; Schwarzacher, T. (2007). "Domestication, Genomics and the Future for Banana". Annals of Botany. 100 (5): 1073–1084. doi:10.1093/aob/mcm191. PMC   2759213 . PMID   17766312. S2CID   15693067.

   McKey, Doyle; Elias, Marianne; Pujol, Benoît; Duputié, Anne (2010). "The evolutionary ecology of clonally propagated domesticated plants". New Phytologist. 186 (2): 318–332. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03210.x . PMID   20202131. S2CID   11637652.

   These reviews cite this research.

   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. S2CID   31554790.

6. Ploetz, R.C.; Kepler, A.K.; Daniells, J. & Nelson, S.C. (2007), "Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars" (PDF), in Elevitch, C.R (ed.), Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry, Hōlualoa, Hawaiʻi: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
7. Crawford, "Ornamental Flowering Banana", Polynesian Produce Stand, retrieved 2013-06-26

8. Häkkinen, M.; Teo, C. H.; Othman, Y. R. (2007). "Genome constitution for Musa beccarii (Musaceae) varieties" (PDF). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 45 (1): 69–74. doi:10.1360/APS06020 (inactive 12 July 2025). S2CID   83364017.

   This book cites this research.

   Mohandas, Sukhada; Ravishankar, Kundapura V., eds. (2016). Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic Improvement. pp. 35–50. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1585-4. ISBN   978-981-10-1583-0. S2CID   23642673.

9. 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 Geobotanica56: 138, 2005. "Name - !Musa beccarii var. hottana Häkkinen", Tropicos, MOBOT, retrieved 2013-01-14