Musa peekelii

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Musa

| parent = Musa sect. Callimusa

| species = peekelii

| authority = Lauterb.

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = * Musa peekelii subsp. peekelii (autonym)

M. p. subsp. angustigemma (N.W.Simmonds) Argent

| synonyms = *Musa angustigemma N.W.Simmonds
[=M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma]

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Musa peekelii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. It is a very tall plant, reaching over {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, with a narrow green drooping bud. The ripe bananas are red with bright yellow flesh. It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.

The subspecies M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma has been treated as a separate species, M. angustigemma.

References

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{{cite iucn | author1 = Plummer, J. | author2 = Kallow, S. | name-list-style = amp | title = Musa peekelii | page = e.T158541761A158544388 | year = 2020 | access-date = 2022-02-27}}

{{GRIN | Musa peekelii subsp. angustigemma | 316120 | 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 |location=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 |last=Sharrock |first=S. |year=2001 |editor-last=INIBAP |chapter=Diversity in the genus Musa: focus on Australimusa |title=Networking Banana and Plantain: INIBAP Annual Report 2000 |chapter-url=http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/bioversity/publications/pdfs/664_Networking_Banana_and_Plantain.pdf |pages=14–19 |location=Montpellier, France |publisher=International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain }}

{{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 |pmid=12197520 |name-list-style=amp |pmc=4240415 }}

{{Citation |title=Musa peekelii |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=254922 |access-date=2013-01-19}}

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peekelii

Category:Plants described in 1913

Category:Flora of Papua New Guinea

Category:Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago