Musa lolodensis

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|image = Musa lolodensis.jpg

|image_caption = In Papua

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

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|genus = Musa

|parent = Musa sect. Callimusa

|species = lolodensis

|authority = Cheesman

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Musa lolodensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), occurring naturally from the Moluccas through to New Guinea. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.

Distribution

Musa lolodensis is native to Indonesia (in Halmahera of the Moluccas, and Papua) and northwestern Papua New Guinea.

References

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{{cite iucn | author1 = Plummer, J. | author2 = Kallow, S. | name-list-style = amp | title = Musa lolodensis | page = e.T158541321A201906103 | year = 2020 | access-date = 2022-02-27}}

{{GRIN | access-date=2013-01-22}}

{{citation |last1=Ploetz |first1=R.C. |last2=Kepler |first2=A.K. |last3=Daniells |first3=J. |last4=Nelson |first4=S.C. |year=2007 |chapter=Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars |editor-last=Elevitch |editor-first=C.R. |title=Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry |publication-place=Hōlualoa, Hawai'i |publisher=Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR) |chapter-url=http://agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf |access-date=2013-01-10 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{citation |last1=Wong |first1=C. |last2=Kiew |first2=R. |last3=Argent |first3=G. |last4=Set |first4=O. |last5=Lee |first5=S.K. |last6=Gan |first6=Y.Y. |year=2002 |title=Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in Musa (Musaceae) using ALFP |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=231–238 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcf170 |name-list-style=amp |pmc=4240415 |pmid=12197520}}

{{Citation |title=Musa lolodensis |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=254856 |access-date=2013-01-18}}

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lolodensis

Category:Flora of the Maluku Islands

Category:Flora of New Guinea

Category:Plants described in 1950

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