Tropicos | Name - Momordica charantia L.

Momordica charantia L.

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1009. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

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Acceptance : Accepted

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Habit : Vine

Status : Introduced

Elevation : 0-500

Region : Galapagos, Coastal, and Amazonian

Province : Cañar, El Oro, Galapagos, Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí, Napo, Pastaza

Voucher Specimen : Jens E. Madsen - 63247 - AAU

Reference :

Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Fl. Galápagos Isl. 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Burkart, A. 1964. Plantas vasculares nuevas o interesantes de la Flora de Entre Rios—I. Darwiniana 13(2–4): 625–631.
Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74.
Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L.B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 24: 1–241.
Dodson, C.H., A.H. Gentry & F. M. Valverde Badillo. 1985. Fl. Jauneche 1–512. Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito.

Protected Areas : Bilsa Biological Station

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