Momordica humilis (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
First published in Kew Bull. 15: 356 (1961 publ. 1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Namibia. It is a Climbing annual and grows primarly in the Desert or Dry Shrubland biome(s).
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Namibia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Raphanocarpus welwitschii Hook.f., D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 541 (1871)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 28, 2008 | Crawford, F. [168], Namibia | K000450433 | No | ||
Angola | K000312927 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6747] | K001124720 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0