Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Momordica

Cucurbitaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Cucurbitales(ordo)
Cucurbitaceae(fam.)
Momordica(gen.)

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

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1009

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5

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440

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.

Flora Australiensis

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318

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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76

[secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

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174

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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221

[secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora

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425

[secondary reference]

Type: Momordica balsamina L.

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae.

Flora of South Australia

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544

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "From the Latin momordi, perfect tense of mordere, to bite: the edges of the seeds appear as though gnawed."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4

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806

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "From the Latin momordi, perfect tense of mordere, to bite: the edges of the seeds appear as though gnawed."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

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108

[secondary reference]

Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Central Australia

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232

[secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Australia

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166-168

APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised)

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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108

[secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

442

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

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250

[secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

165

[secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

442

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

140

[secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

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552

[secondary reference]