Momordica foetida

Momordica foetida

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Schumacher, F.C. & Thonning, P. 1827. Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter: som ere fundne af danske botanikere, især af etatsråd Thonning ved F.C. Schumacher. Kjöbenhavn [Copenhagen]: F. Popp. pp.1–466. BHL (Danish, Latin) Reference page. : 426.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Momordica foetida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Momordica foetida. Published online. Accessed: Dec 29 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Momordica foetida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Momordica foetida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Momordica foetida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

русский: Момордика вонючая

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