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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Momordica Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Cucurbitaceae
Contains	Momordica acuminata Merr. Momordica acutangula Steud. Momordica adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich. Momordica affinis De Wild. Momordica amaniana Cogn. Momordica angolensis R.Fern. Momordica angulata Savi ex Steud. Momordica angustisepala Harms Momordica anigosantha Hooker f. Momordica anthelmintica Schumach. & Thonn. Momordica argillicola Thulin Momordica aspera Lam. Momordica balsamina Linnaeus Momordica bequaertii De Wildeman Momordica bicolor Blume Momordica boivinii Baillon Momordica brachybotrya Poepp. & Endl. Momordica brachybotrys Poepp. & Endl. Momordica bracteata Hutch. & Dalziel Momordica breteleri H.Schaef. Momordica brevispinosa (Cogn.) Chiov. Momordica bricchettii Chiov. Momordica cabrae (Cogniaux) C. Jeffrey Momordica cabraei (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey Momordica calantha Gilg Momordica calcarata Colebr. ex Wall. Momordica camerounensis Keraudren Momordica cardiospermoides Klotzsch Momordica carinata Vell. Momordica casea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Momordica charantia Linnaeus Momordica chinensis Hort. Momordica cirrhiflora Wight ex Steud. Momordica cissoides Planchon ex Bentham Momordica clarkeana King Momordica clematidea Sonder Momordica cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Sprengel Momordica cognauxiana Gilg Momordica cogniauxiana DeWild. Momordica cordata Cogn. Momordica cordatifolia Godoy Torres Momordica cordifolia Sonder Momordica coriacea Cogn. Momordica corymbifera Hook.fil. Momordica covei Dennst. Momordica covel Dennst. Momordica crinocarpa Fenzl ex M.Roem. Momordica cucullata Hook.fil. Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl Momordica dasycarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich. Momordica denticulata Miquel Momordica denudata (Thwaites) C. B. Clarke Momordica dictyosperma Griseb. Momordica dioeca Roxb. Momordica dioica Roxburgh ex Willdenow Momordica diplotrimera Harms Momordica dissecta Baker Momordica eberhardtii Gagnep. Momordica echinata Muhl. Momordica echinocarpa Fenzl ex Hook.fil. Momordica ecirrhata Stokes Momordica elastica Salisb. Momordica elaterium L. Momordica elegans Salisb. Momordica enneaphylla Cogn. Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl ex Naudin Momordica fasciculata Cogn. Momordica foetida Schumacher Momordica friesiorum (Harms) C. Jeffrey Momordica gabonii Cogniaux Momordica garipensis E.Mey. Momordica garriepensis Arn. Momordica gilgiana Cogn. Momordica glabra Zimm. Momordica glauca Moritzi ex Cogn. Momordica gracilis Cogn. Momordica grandibracteata Gilg Momordica grosvenori Swingle Momordica grosvenorii Swingle Momordica guttata Planch. ex Benth. Momordica hamiltoniana Wall. ex G.Don Momordica henriquesii Cogn. Momordica henryi Momordica heterophylla Cogn. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. Momordica heyneana Wall. ex G.Don Momordica hispida Dennst. Momordica huberi Tod. Momordica humilis (Cogniaux) C. Jeffrey Momordica hystrix Gillies ex Hook. Momordica indica L. Momordica involucrata E. Meyer Momordica jagorana K.Koch Momordica janarthanamii Gosavi, Gholave, Madhav & Kambale Momordica jeffreyana Keraudren Momordica kirkii (Hook.fil.) C.Jeffrey Momordica lambertiana Ser. Momordica lanata Thunb. Momordica laotica Gagnep. Momordica laurentii De Wild. Momordica leiocarpa Gilg Momordica littorea Thulin Momordica macrantha Gilg Momordica macrocarpa Jex-Blake Momordica macropetala Mart. Momordica macrophylla Gage Momordica macropoda Poepp. & Endl. Momordica macrosperma (Cogn.) Chiov. Momordica maculata Planch. ex Benth. Momordica mannii Hooker f. Momordica marlothiae Harms Momordica marlothii Harms Momordica martinicensis Hook. ex Wien. Momordica meloniflora Hand.-Mazz. Momordica microphylla Chiov. Momordica missionis Wall. Momordica mixta Roxb. Momordica monadelpha Roxb. Momordica morkorra A. Richard Momordica mossambica H.Schaef. Momordica multicrenata Cogn. Momordica multicrenulata Cogn. Momordica multiflora Hooker f. Momordica muricata Willd. Momordica nuda Mscr. Momordica obtusisepala Keraudren Momordica officinarum-elaterium Crantz Momordica ovata Cogn. Momordica paina Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Momordica papillosa Peckolt ex Rosenthal Momordica parvifolia Cogn. Momordica pauciflora Cogn. ex Harms Momordica pedata L. Momordica pedisecta L. ex Ser. Momordica peteri Zimm. Momordica procera A.Chev. Momordica pterocarpa A. Richard Momordica purgans Mart. Momordica pycnantha Harms Momordica quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. Momordica quinqueloba (Thunb.) E.Mey. Momordica quinquelobata Vell. Momordica racemiflora Cogn. Momordica racemosa Steud. Momordica renigera Wall. Momordica repens Bremek. Momordica reticulata Salisb. Momordica rostrata Zimm. Momordica rotunda Noronha Momordica roxburghiana G.Don Momordica roxburghii G.Don Momordica rumphii W.J.deWilde Momordica runssorica Gilg Momordica rutshuruensis De Wild. Momordica sahyadrica Kattuk. & V.T.Antony Momordica sativa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Momordica schimperiana Naudin Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz Momordica schliebenii Harms Momordica senegalensis Lam. Momordica sessilifolia Cogn. Momordica sicyoides Ser. Momordica silvatica Jongkind Momordica sinensis Anon. Momordica somalensis Chiov. Momordica sp. Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco Momordica spicata L. ex Sm. Momordica spinosa (Gilg) Chiov. Momordica stefaninii (Chiov.) Cufod. Momordica subangulata Blume Momordica suboica Bharathi Momordica surculata Noronha Momordica suringarii Cogn. Momordica thollonii Cogn. Momordica tonkinensis Gagnep. Momordica trifolia L. Momordica trifoliata L. Momordica trifoliolata Hooker f. Momordica triloba Wight Momordica trilobata Wight ex Steud. Momordica tuberosa Cogniaux Momordica tubiflora Roxb. Momordica tubulosa Buch.-Ham. ex Naudin Momordica verticillata Vell. Momordica vogelii Planch. ex Benth. Momordica wallichii Roem. Momordica welwitschii Hooker f. Momordica wildemaniana Cogn. Momordica zeylanica Mill.
Remarks	Lectotype (vide Britton & Millsp., Bahama Fl. 425. 1920): M. balsamina L.
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 1009
Holdings	42 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Momordica Linnaeus
Identification made in	[no date] (37), 1978 (1), 1988 (2), 1990 (1), 2010 (1)