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Cucurbitaceae

Momordica

Momordica trifolia L.

First published in Herb. Amb.: 24 (1754)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Maluku. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Maluku

Homotypic Synonyms

Anguina trifoliata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 254 (1891), nom. superfl.
Involucraria trifoliata M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 99 (1846), nom. superfl.
Momordica trifoliata L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1434 (1763), nom. superfl.
Trichosanthes trifolia (L.) Merr. in Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 494 (1917)
Trichosanthes trifoliata Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 936 (1826), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Momordica rumphii W.J.de Wilde in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 87(3): 144 (2002), nom. superfl.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.B.E. (2010). Flora Malesiana 19: 1-342. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Kew Backbone Distributions

de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.B.E. (2010). Flora Malesiana 19: 1-342. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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