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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

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

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

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

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: