Musa boman

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Musa boman
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species:
M. boman
Binomial name
Musa boman
Argent[1]

Musa boman is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to the West Sepik district of New Guinea.[1] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Musa boman", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-17
  2. ^ 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 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)