Roemer, J.J. in Roemer, M.J. (1846), Peponiferarum pars prima. Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae 2: 63 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Momordica cylindrica L. legitimate

Naudin, C.V. (1859), Revue des Cucurbitacees. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 4, 12: 119 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 316 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate

Cogniaux, C.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1881), Cucurbitaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 456 [secondary reference]

Cogniaux , C.A. & Harms, H. in Engler, H.G.A. (1924), Das Pflanzenreich 89: 62 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1186 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica cylindrica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Momordica luffa L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate

Jeffrey, C. (1980), Further notes on Cucurbitaceae V. The Cucurbitaceae of the India Subcontinent. Kew Bulletin 34(4): 791 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Pepo indicus reticulatus seminibus nigris Herm., Hort. Acad. Lugd. -Bot. Cat.: 482 (1867)!"

Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 230, Fig. 268 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica cylindrica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate common name: Vegetable sponge [n/a] common name: Loofah [n/a]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 179-180, Map 198 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Momordica cylindrica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa insularum A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa cylindrica var. insularum (A.Gray) Cogn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora (Spreng.) Domin nom. illeg. common name: Vegetable Sponge [n/a] common name: Loofah [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 180 [secondary reference]

common name: Vegetable Sponge [n/a] common name: Sponge Gourd [n/a] common name: Loofah [n/a]

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

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]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 85, Fig. 16 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2564 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 140-141 [secondary reference]

common name: Vegetable Sponge [n/a] common name: Loofah [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. legitimate

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