| Musa banksii | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Musa |
| Section: | Musa sect. Musa |
| Species: | M. banksii |
| Binomial name | |
| Musa banksii F.Muell. | |
Musa banksii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to New Guinea and Australia (Queensland), and most likely introduced to Samoa. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from plants collected in Queensland, Australia. Thereafter, taxonomists have variously treated it as a unique species or as a subspecies of Musa acuminata. The first one to note an affinity with Musa acuminata was Ernest E. Cheesman in 1948. In 1957, Norman Simmonds reclassified it as a subspecies of Musa acuminata based on extensive field observations in New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa. In 1976, George Argent chose to treat it as a species.
References
- Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2020). "Musa banksii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158540980A201902256. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- "Musa banksii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Mueller, F.J.H. von. 1863-1864. Musa Banksii. Pp. 132-134 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, vol. 4.
- Cheesman E. E. 1948. Classification of the bananas. III. Critical Notes on Species. d. Musa banksii. Kew Bulletin 3(2):154-157.
- Simmonds, N.W. 1956. Botanical results of the banana collecting expedition, 1954-5. Kew Bulletin 11(3):463-489.
- Argent, G.C.G. 1976. The wild bananas of Papua New Guinea. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 35(1):77-114.
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