Musa lawitiensis

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Musa lawitiensis
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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. lawitiensis
Binomial name
Musa lawitiensis
Nasution & Supard. [2]

Musa lawitiensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa ), native to the island of Borneo [2] (both the Indonesian and Malaysian portions). [3] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2020). "Musa lawitiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T158541290A201906917. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Musa lawitiensis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2013-01-18
  3. ↑ "Musa lawitiensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  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


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