Musa campestris

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

Musa campestris
Scientific classification
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
  • Banana skipper (Erionota thrax) on inflorescence
  • Inflorescence
  • Inflorescence with male flowers

References
  1. "Musa campestris", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-17
  2. "Musa campestris". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  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


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