Musa jackeyi

Musa jackeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Zingiberales
Family:Musaceae
Genus:Musa
Species: M. jackeyi
Binomial name
Musa jackeyi

Musa jackeyi (Johnstone River banana[2]) is a species of wild banana (genus Musa). It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).[3] It has only a small native range in north-east Queensland, Australia. It resembles the cultivated bananas called "fe'i" or "fehi", having an upright rather than a drooping fruit stalk, with the green terminal bud pointing upwards, and sap which is reddish in colour.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Musa jackeyi", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-16
  2. 1 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 (PDF), Hōlualoa, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10
  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


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