Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Momordica lanata Thunb.
, legitimate , scientific
Thunberg, C.P. (1794) , Prodromus Plantarum Capensium 1 :
13
[tax. nov.]
Matsumura, J. & Nakai, T. (1916) , Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis per annos 1915 et 1916 lectorum :
30
[basionym]
basionym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Mansfeld, R. (1959) , Vorlaufiges verzeichnis landwirtschaftlich oder gartnerisch kultivierter pflanzenarten. Kulturpflanze Beiheft 2 :
421
[basionym]
basionym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Mansf.
isonym
Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
231
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
173
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
113
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
383
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Nesom, G.L. (2011) , Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13 :
4
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Renner, S.S., Chomicki, G. & Greuter, W. (2014) , (2313) Proposal to conserve the name Momordica lanata (Citrullus lanatus) (watermelon, Cucurbitaceae), with a conserved type, against Citrullus battich. Taxon 63(4) :
941
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Citrullus battich Forssk.
legitimate
Text:
"(2313) Momordica lanata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13. 1794 [Angiosp.: Cucurbit. ], nom. cons. prop. Typus: Cultivated in St. Louis, Missouri, from seeds of commercial origin, 4 July 2014, S.S. Renner 2816 (M; isotypi: B, BM, K, L, LE, MO, P, PAL-Gr), typ. cons. prop."
Applequist, W.L. (1 March 2016) , Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 67. Taxon 65(1) :
173
[secondary reference]
Text:
"(2313) To conserve Momordica lanata Thunb. (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) (Cucurbitaceae) with a conserved type and against C. battich Forssk. ...Votes: 17-0-1 (recommended)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Mansf.
isonym