Musa peekelii

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Musa peekelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species: M. peekelii
Binomial name
Musa peekelii
Lauterb.[1]
Subspecies[2][3]
  • Musa peekelii subsp. peekelii (autonym)
  • M. p. subsp. angustigemma (N.W.Simmonds) Argent
Synonyms[2]
  • Musa angustigemma N.W.Simmonds
     [=M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma]

Musa peekelii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.[1] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[4] It is a very tall plant, reaching over 10 m (33 ft), with a narrow green drooping bud.[5] The ripe bananas are red with bright yellow flesh.[6] It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.[5]

The subspecies M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma has been treated as a separate species, M. angustigemma.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Musa peekelii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-01-19 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GRIN (2009-11-18). "Musa peekelii information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2013-01-22. 
  3. ↑ GRIN (2009-11-18). "Musa peekelii subsp. angustigemma information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2013-01-22. 
  4. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ploetz, R.C.; Kepler, A.K.; Daniells, J. & Nelson, S.C. (2007). "Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars". In Elevitch, C.R. Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry. Hōlualoa, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR). Retrieved 2013-01-10. 
  6. ↑ Sharrock, S. (2001). "Diversity in the genus Musa: focus on Australimusa". In INIBAP. Networking Banana and Plantain: INIBAP Annual Report 2000. Montpellier, France: International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain. pp. 14–19. 


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