Musa violascens

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

Musa violascens is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to Peninsular Malaysia.[1] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Musa violascens", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-20
  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, PMC 4240415


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