Musa hirta
Musa hirta is a tropical Asian species of plant in the banana family native to Sarawak on the island of Borneo, in Malaysia.[2] It is one of fourteen species of Musa endemic to the island of Borneo.[3] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[4]
| Musa hirta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Musa |
| Section: | Musa sect. Callimusa |
| Species: | M. hirta |
| Binomial name | |
| Musa hirta | |
References
- Musa hirta was first described and published in Nelle Foreste di Borneo [In the Forests of Borneo] 624. 1902. "Name - Musa hirta Becc". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- "Musa hirta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- Markku Häkkinen. "Endemic Callimusa species of Borneo" (PDF). International Congress on Musa. Kotka, Finland: MusaLit.org. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- 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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