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 primarly in the Seasonally Dry Tropical biome(s).
Distribution
Native to:
Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Raphanocarpus kirkii Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 11: t. 1084 (1871)
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? |
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Mar 1, 1972 | Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000312923 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1972 | Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000312922 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Wild, H. [41687], Zimbabwe | 3266.000 | No | |||
Bullock, A.A. [2265], Tanzania | 3267.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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