Musa monticola

Musa monticola, also known as the Kinabalu mountain banana,[1] is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to Sabah on the island of Borneo.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[3]

Musa monticola
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. monticola
Binomial name
Musa monticola
M.Hotta ex Argent[2]

Description

Musa monticola is an herbaceous phanerophyte with pseudostem growing to 1 to 2 meters high.[1]

Range and habitat

Musa monticola is known only from the Crocker Range in Sabah, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu and along the Sinsuron Road, from 1,200 to 1,700 meters elevation.[1]

It inhabits forest clearings and secondary vegetation, including roadsides, in lower montane rain forest.[1]

References

  1. Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2020). "Musa monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158541675A201907274. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. "Musa monticola", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-18
  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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