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Musa hirta

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Musa hirta
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. hirta
Binomial name
Musa hirta

Musa hirta is a tropical Asian species of plant in the banana family native to Sarawak on the island of Borneo, in Malaysia.[2] It is one of fourteen species of Musa endemic to the island of Borneo.[3] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[4]

References

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  1. ^  Musa hirta was first described and published in Nelle Foreste di Borneo [In the Forests of Borneo] 624. 1902. "Name - Musa hirta Becc". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "Musa hirta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Markku Häkkinen. "Endemic Callimusa species of Borneo" (PDF). International Congress on Musa. Kotka, Finland: MusaLit.org. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  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, PMC 4240415, PMID 12197520