Musa beccarii (Musaceae) varieties in Sabah, Northern Borneo

Markku Häkkinen and Monica Suleiman and Johnny Gisil Gisil (2005) Musa beccarii (Musaceae) varieties in Sabah, Northern Borneo. Acta Pthytotaxonomica et Geobotanica Japan.

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Abstract

Musa beccarii Simmonds var. 'beccarii' is re-described based on extensive field studies in the eastern part of Sabah, Malaysia. Then a new variety of wild banana, M. beccarii Simmonds var. 'hottana' Häkkinen, is described and illustrated. This extremely rare new variety was only found in one area at the lower Kinanbatangan River, eastern part of Sabah. It is also considered that M. pigmaea, M. Hott nom. nud. from East Kalimantan, Indonesia, might be the synonym or a closely related variety to the new variety.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Musa beccarii var. hottana, which is an extremely rare species, woutd become extinct due to massive land clearing for oil palrn plantations in the eastern part of Sabah. However, the living plants have been collected and are now cultivated in the Universiti Malaysia Sabah for ex-situ conservation. Musa beccarii var. beccarii has already been disseminated all over the world as an ornamental cultivated plant for decades. It probably derived from the Trinidad collections, as were many other ornamental bananas in cultivation (Shepherd 1999).
Keyword:	Borneo , Callimusa , Musa , Musa beccarii , Musa beccarii var. becariii , Musa beccarii var. hottana , Musa pigmaea , wild bananas
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH1-278.5 Natural history (General) > QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Department:	INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2022 16:53
Last Modified:	19 May 2023 10:58
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31855

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