Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Momordica L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2]:
1009
[tax. nov.]
[Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5]:
440
[secondary reference]
[Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3]:
318
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
76
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
174
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
221
[secondary reference]
[Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora]:
425
[secondary reference]
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Type:
Momordica balsamina L.
[Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4]:
544
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From the Latin momordi, perfect tense of mordere, to bite: the edges of the seeds appear as though gnawed."
[Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4]:
806
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From the Latin momordi, perfect tense of mordere, to bite: the edges of the seeds appear as though gnawed."
[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]:
232
[secondary reference]
[Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8]:
166-168
APC
[secondary reference]
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APC Dist.:
WA, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised)
[Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2]:
108
[secondary reference]
[Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1]:
442
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
250
[secondary reference]
[Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
165
[secondary reference]
[Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1]:
442
[secondary reference]
[Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest]:
140
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
552
[secondary reference]