Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Momordica charantia Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Momordica indica Linnaeus, Herbarium Amboinense: 24. 1754.

RCN: 7315.

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 33, 495. 1917): [icon] "Amara Indica" in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: 410, t. 151. 1747.

Current name: Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 681, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Momordica
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Cucurbitales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
charantia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Momordica charantia Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007