Matsumura, J. & Nakai, T. (1916), Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis per annos 1915 et 1916 lectorum: 30 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 291 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate

Leigh, J.H. & Mulham, W.E. (1965), Pastoral plants of riverine plain: 109 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 342, Fig. 347 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Pie Melon [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 261 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 624-625 [secondary reference]

common name: Afghan Melon [n/a] common name: Pie Melon [n/a] common name: Bastard Melon [n/a] common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Wild Melon [n/a] common name: Camel Melon [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 108 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 230-231, Fig. 269A-C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate common name: bastard melon [n/a] common name: bitter melon [n/a] common name: Wild melon [n/a]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 173, 175, Map 193 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cucurbita citrullus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze legitimate common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Camel melon [n/a] common name: Wild Melon [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 155 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 113-115, Fig. 14C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate common name: Piemelon [n/a] common name: Watermelon [n/a] common name: Bastard Melon [n/a] common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Wild Melon [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 23 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 158, Fig. 41 [secondary reference]

common name: Pie Melon [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 247, Fig. 70B [secondary reference]

common name: Camel Melon [n/a] common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Pie Melon [n/a]

Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 382, Fig. 79c-d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cucurbita citrullus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze legitimate common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Wild Melon [n/a] common name: Camel Melon [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 95 [secondary reference]

common name: Camel Melon [n/a] common name: Wild Melon [n/a] common name: Bitter Melon [n/a] common name: Pie Melon [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cucurbita citrullus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus in Qld and NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Nesom, G.L. (2011), Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13: 4 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica lanata Thunb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cucurbita citrullus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus battich Forssk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze legitimate isonym: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. isonym

• APC Comment: Treated as Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus in Qld and NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 298-299, photos 12-14 [secondary reference]

common name: Afghan Melon [n/a] common name: Pie Melon [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Leigh, J.H. & Mulham, W.E. (1965), Pastoral plants of riverine plain: 109

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 291

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 342, Fig. 347

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 108

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 624-625

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 173, 175, Map 193

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 155

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 113-115, Fig. 14C

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 158, Fig. 41

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 247, Fig. 70B

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 95

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate by Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 382, Fig. 79c-d

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 9 [unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 11 [unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to: Citrullus amarus Schrad. legitimate

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