Musa campestris

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Musa campestris
Stand of Wild Banana Trees (Musa campestris) (14952283734).jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Section: Musa sect. Callimusa
Species:
M. campestris
Binomial name
Musa campestris

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

References

  1. 1 2 Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2020). "Musa campestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T158541117A201903766. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Musa campestris", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2013-01-17
  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, PMC   4240415 , PMID   12197520