Musa beccarii

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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Musa beccarii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), found in Malaysia, in Sabah (in the northern part of the island of Borneo). It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).

Description

Musa beccarii is a stoloniferous plant growing up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) tall, with up to 12 suckers. The flower bud is narrow, bright scarlet with green-tipped bracts. The fruit is green and thin.

Habitat

Musa beccarii grows in damp places at edge of Borneo lowland rain forests and grass fields, up to 49 metres (161 ft) elevation.

Taxonomy

The species is named after Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari.

It includes two subspecies, Musa beccarii subsp. beccarii (the autonym) and Musa beccarii subsp. hottana Häkkinen. Häkkinen et al., 2007 use Inter-Retrotransposon Amplified Polymorphism (IRAP) markers to measure genetic distance between the subspecies. They recommend separation as Musa beccarii and Musa hottana.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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, Hawaiʻi: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
  7. ↑ Crawford, "Ornamental Flowering Banana", Polynesian Produce Stand, retrieved 2013-06-26
  8. 1 2 3
    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 12 July 2025). S2CID 83364017.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (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