Musa paracoccinea
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. paracoccinea
Binomial name
Musa paracoccinea
A.Z.Liu & D.Z.Li[1]

Musa paracoccinea is a tropical and subtropical Asian species of plant in the banana family native to both China (southeastern Yunnan province) and Indochina (northern Vietnam).[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 Original description of this plant was first published in A.-Z. Liu et al. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 43:77. 2002. "Musa paracoccinea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  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, PMID 12197520


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