Musa monticola

Species of flowering plant

Musa monticola

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific 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

M.Hotta ex Argent[2]

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

Taxon identifiers

Musa monticola|

* Wikidata: Q6940011
* Wikispecies: Musa monticola
* BOLD: 431189
* CoL: 742NQ
* EoL: 1116076
* GBIF: 2762925
* GRIN: 458648
* IPNI: 1016909-1
* IUCN: 158541675
* NCBI: 574492
* Open Tree of Life: 529860
* Plant List: kew-254876
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1016909-1
* Tropicos: 50327719
* WFO: wfo-0000474603

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