| Musa boman | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Musa |
| Species: | M. boman |
| Binomial name | |
| Musa boman Argent | |
Musa boman is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to the West Sepik (Sandaun) Province of Papua New Guinea, in the eastern portion of the island of New Guinea. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. The male bud is cream in colour.
Its relationships have been disputed. On the basis of appearance, it has been considered close to M. ingens, placed in a different section of the genus. However, it hybridizes with M. lolodensis, in section Callimusa, and is generally placed in the same section.
References
- ^ "Musa boman", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-17
- 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
- ^ Sharrock, S. (2001), "Diversity in the genus Musa: focus on Australimusa", in INIBAP (ed.), Networking Banana and Plantain: INIBAP Annual Report 2000 (PDF), Montpellier, France: International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, pp. 14–19
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