Musa beccarii

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]

Musa beccarii
M. beccarii subsp. hottana
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Subspecies

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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, Hawai'i: 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 2023-09-11). S2CID 83364017.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2023 (link)
    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 Geobotanica 56: 138, 2005. "Name - !Musa beccarii var. hottana Häkkinen", Tropicos, MOBOT, retrieved 2013-01-14
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