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The genus Momordica is in the family Cucurbitaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Momordica

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Momordica aculeata Poir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica acuminata Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica acutangula Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica affinis De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica amaniana Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica angolensis R.Fern.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica angulata Savi ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica angustisepala Harms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica anigosantha Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica anthelmintica Schumach. & Thonn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica argillicola Thulin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica auriculata Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica balsamina L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica bequaertii De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica boivinii Baill.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica bricchettii Chiov.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cabraei (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica calantha Gilg	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica calcarata Colebr. ex Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica camerounensis Keraudren	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cardiospermoides Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica casea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica charantia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cirrhiflora Wight ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cissoides Planch. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica clarkeana King	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cogniauxiana De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cordata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica coriacea Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica corymbifera Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica cucullata Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica cymbalaria Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica denticulata Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica denudata C.B.Clarke	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica diplotrimera Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica dissecta Baker	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica echinocarpa Fenzl ex Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica enneaphylla Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica foetida Schumach.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica friesiorum C. Jeffrey	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica gabonii Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica garipensis E.Mey.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica garriepensis Arn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica gilgiana Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica glabra A. Zimm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica grandibracteata Gilg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica guttata Planch. ex Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica hamiltoniana Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica hamiltoniana Wall. ex G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica henriquesii Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica heterophylla Wight ex M.Roem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica heterophylla Cogn. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica heyneana Wall. ex G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica heyneana Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica huberi Tod.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica humilis (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica jagorana K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica jeffreyana Keraudren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica kirkii C. Jeffrey	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica laurentii De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica leiocarpa Gilg	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica littorea Thulin	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica macrantha Gilg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica macropetala Mart.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica martinicensis Hook.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica microphylla Chiov.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica missionis Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica mossambica H.Schaef.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica multicrenata Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica multicrenulata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica multiflora Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica obtusisepala Keraudren	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica officinarum-elaterium Crantz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica ovata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica paina Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica papillosa Peckolt ex Rosenthal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica parvifolia Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica pauciflora Cogn. ex Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica peteri A. Zimm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica pterocarpa A. Rich.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica punctata Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica pycnantha Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica racemiflora Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica repens Bremek.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica rostrata A. Zimm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica rotunda Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica roxburghiana G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica rumphii W.J.de Wilde	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica runssorica Gilg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica rutshuruensis De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica sahyadrica Kattuk. & V.T.Antony	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica schimperiana Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica senegalensis Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica sessilifolia Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica silvatica Jongkind	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica spinosa Chiov.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica subangulata Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Momordica suringarii Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica trifoliolata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Momordica trilobata Wight ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica tubulosa Buch.-Ham. ex Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica vogelii Planch. ex Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica welwitschii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica wildemaniana Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica zeylanica Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 155 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Momordica. Of these 36 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 8 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Momordica. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 155 species names for the genus Momordica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	36	23.2%
◕	Synonym	46	29.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	73	47.1%

All names

The status of the 163 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Momordica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	22.7%
◕	Synonym	53	32.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	73	44.8%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 155 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Momordica, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	36	46	0	0	82	52.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	73	73	47.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Momordica is as follows: