The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Momordica

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

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Momordica angolensis R.Fern. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica balsamina L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica boivinii Baill. Accepted M TRO
Momordica cabraei (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica calantha Gilg Accepted M TRO
Momordica cardiospermoides Klotzsch Accepted M TRO
Momordica charantia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica cissoides Planch. ex Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. Accepted M TRO
Momordica foetida Schumach. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica gilgiana Cogn. Accepted M TRO
Momordica humilis (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica kirkii C. Jeffrey Accepted M TRO
Momordica multiflora Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica parvifolia Cogn. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica repens Bremek. Accepted M TRO
Momordica subangulata Blume Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Momordica welwitschii Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 187 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Momordica. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 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 187 species names for the genus Momordica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 19 10.2%
Synonym 46 24.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 122 65.2%

All names

The status of the 192 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Momordica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 20 10.4%
Synonym 50 26.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 122 63.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 187 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 19 46 0 0 65 34.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 122 122 65.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Momordica, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 7 32 0 3 0 42 22.5%
WCSP (in review) 12 14 0 119 0 145 77.5%