Momordica foetida

Momordica foetida

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Momordiceae
Genus: Momordica
Species: Momordica foetida

Name edit

Momordica foetida Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 426 1827.

Synonyms edit

  • Eulenbergia mirabilis Pax
  • Momordica cordifolia E. Mey. ex Sond.
  • Momordica cucullata Hook. fil.
  • Momordica mannii Hook. fil.
  • Momordica morkorra A. Rich.
  • Momordica schimperiana Naud.
  • Momordica vogelii Planch. ex Benth.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Namibia, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

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Vernacular names edit

русский: Момордика вонючая


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