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Musa monticola

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Musa monticola
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. monticola
Binomial name
Musa monticola

Musa monticola, also known as the Kinabalu mountain banana,[1] is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to Sabah on the island of Borneo.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.[3]

Description

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Musa monticola is an herbaceous phanerophyte with pseudostem growing to 1 to 2 meters high.[1]

Range and habitat

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Musa monticola is known only from the Crocker Range in Sabah, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu and along the Sinsuron Road, from 1,200 to 1,700 meters elevation.[1]

It inhabits forest clearings and secondary vegetation, including roadsides, in lower montane rain forest.[1]

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Musa monticola.
  1. ^ a b c d e Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2020). "Musa monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158541675A201907274. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. ^ a b "Musa monticola", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-18
  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


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