| Musa banksii | |
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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 |
| Section: | Musa sect. Musa |
| Species: |
M. banksii
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| 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.[2] It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from plants collected in Queensland, Australia.[3] 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.[4] In 1957, Norman Simmonds reclassified it as a subspecies of Musa acuminata based on extensive field observations in New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa.[5] In 1976, George Argent chose to treat it as a species.[6]
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