Cucurbitaceae
Momordica

Momordica kirkii (Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 357 (1961 publ. 1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tanzania to Botswana. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cucurbitaceae: 1-156.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 15: 357 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1972 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000312923 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000312922 Type Yes
Kirk [s.n.] Mozambique K003454889 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5440] Zambia K003454896 Yes
Zimba, N.B.; Harder, D.K.; Luwiika, B. [768] Zambia K003454899 Yes
Menyhart [637] Mozambique K003454892 Yes
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8512] Zimbabwe K003454907 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5676] Zambia K003454895 Yes
Angus, A. [964] Zambia K003454900 Yes
Gilges [905] Zambia K003454904 Yes
Angus, A. [964] Zambia K003454901 Yes
Simon, B.K. [702] Zimbabwe K003454914 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3250] Namibia K004220111 Yes
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8625] Zimbabwe K003454908 Yes
Wild, H. [41687] Zimbabwe K:SPC-03266.000 No
s.coll. [7967] Zimbabwe K003454916 Yes
Biegel, H.; Russell, G. [3706] Botswana K003454918 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2265] Tanzania K:SPC-03267.000 No
Poilecot, P. [7922] Zimbabwe K003454905 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8718] Malawi K003454893 Yes
Müller, T. [350] Zimbabwe K003454913 Yes
Martin, J.D. [511/33] Zambia K003454902 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10824] Zambia K003454898 Yes
Wild, H. [4035] Zimbabwe K003454911 Yes
de Winter, B. [9118] Namibia K004220110 Yes
Munro, H.K. [s.n.] Zambia K003454910 Yes
Hall-Martin, A. [619] Malawi K003454894 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5379] Zimbabwe K003454912 Yes
Chase, N.C. [4381] Zimbabwe K003454915 Yes
Gilges, W. [701] Zambia K003454903 Yes
Balsinhas, A.; Macuacua, L. [572] Mozambique K003454890 Yes
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8512] Zimbabwe K003454906 Yes
Pope, G. [1213] Zimbabwe K003454909 Yes
Lovemore, D.F. [378] Zimbabwe K003454917 Yes
Johnson, W.P. [336] Malawi K003454891 Yes
Luwiika, B.; Harder, D.K.; Bingham, M.G.; Zimba, N.B. [407] Zambia K003454897 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0