Open AccessMusa × parahaekkinenii (Musaceae): A new artificial interspecific hybrid from Kerala, India
Author(s) -
K. P. Smisha,
M. Sabu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of plant taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7297
pISSN - 1028-2092
DOI - 10.3329/bjpt.v25i2.39521
Subject(s) - musaceae , biology , musa acuminata , interspecific competition , botany , key (lock) , open access publishing , ecology , computer science , internet privacy
Musa × parahaekkinenii (Musaceae), a new manually crossed interspecific hybrid of two wild parent plants Musa coccinea Andrews (female) and Musa haekkinenii N.S. Lý & Haev. (male), is described and illustrated. A comparison of characters with its parents and a key to the new hybrid M. × parahaekkinenii are provided.