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 meters 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 lowland forests and grass fields, up to 49 meters 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] The whole DNA genome has been assembled and the genes identified,[9] showing that the 9 chromosome pairs are larger than in other Musa species, and adding to the diversity of genes known in the genus.
References
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^ a b c Allen, R. (2019). "Musa beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T121033043A121033225. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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^ 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
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^ "Musa beccarii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2013-01-14.
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^ "Musa beccarii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-14
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^ 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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^ 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, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
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^ Crawford, "Ornamental Flowering Banana", Polynesian Produce Stand, retrieved 2013-06-26
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^ 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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^ Wang Z-F, Rouard M, Droc G, Heslop-Harrison JS, Ge X-J. 2023. Genome assembly of Musa beccarii shows extensive chromosomal rearrangements and genome expansion during evolution of Musaceae genomes. Gigascience 20pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad005.
