Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 3: 14 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Muricia cochinchinensis Lour. legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 167-168, Fig. 37, Map 188 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Muricia cochinchinensis Lour. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 22 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 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]

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 2169 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 142 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco legitimate by Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 167-168, Fig. 37, Map 188

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco legitimate by Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 22

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco legitimate by Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 23

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco legitimate by 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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco legitimate by Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 142

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