A new species of the wild banana genus, Musa (Musaceae), from Borneo

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Häkkinen, Markku ^a   Meekiong, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Sarawak Biodiversity Centre KM20 Jin Borneo Heights Semengoh   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bau; Borneo; Callimusa; Musa; Musa acuminata; Musa bauensis; Musa borneensis; Musa campestris; Plsang hutan; Putey; Wild banana

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008843094     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200004001434     Document Type: Article

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