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Cucurbitaceae Momordica foetida | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Momordica foetida Schum.

Protologue Beskr. Guin. Pl. 426. 1827BHL page IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Momordica foetida, R. Gereau 6794--Tanz. Ulanga Distr. Mbangayao Sch. 12 Feb 06. 039 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 34 botanical countries across Africa (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Gereau, R 6794

February 11, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

July 7, 2004

Location

Kenya

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Momordica

Specific Epithet

foetida

Authorship

Schum.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#64,287 of 335,497

Top 20%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →