Musa bukensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa) from the Solomon Islands.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[3]

Musa bukensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Section: Musa sect. Callimusa
Species:
M. bukensis
Binomial name
Musa bukensis

References

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  1. ^ Musa bukensis was originally described and published in Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 35: 101, 1976. "Musa bukensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  2. ^ a b "Musa bukensis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-13
  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, PMID 12197520