Momordica L.
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1009.
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Cucurbitales
- family
- Cucurbitaceae
- genus
- Momordica
Name
- Synonyms
- Amordica Neck.
- Calpidosicyos Harms
- Dimorphochlamys Hook.f.
- Dimorphoclamys J.D.Hooker, 1867
- Eulenburgia Pax
- Muricia Lour.
- Neurosperma Raf.
- Neurospermum F.G.Bartling, 1830
- Nevrosperma Raf.
- Raphanistrocarpus (Baill.) Pax
- Raphanocarpus Hook.f.
- Zucca Comm. ex Juss.
- Homonyms
- Momordica L.
- Common names
- Balsam-Apple in English
- Momordique in French
- Momordique in French
- Momordique in French
- balsam-apple in English
- bitter melon in English
- cundeamor in English
Bibliographic References
- Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
- Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
- GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
- GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
- GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
- Renner, Susanne S., and Hanno Schaefer / Grumet, Rebecca, Nurit Katzir, and Jordi Garcia-Mas (eds.), 2016: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Cucurbitaceae. Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. 13-24.
- SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997
- as per family