Momordica charantia

Turner, Ian M., 2022, FROM ACACIA TO ZIZIPHUS: PLANT NAMES COMMEMORATING THE BOTANIST WILLIAM ROXBURGH, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 79 (1911), pp. 1-102 : 68-69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24823/EJB.2022.1911
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scientific name	Momordica charantia
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Momordica charantia View in CoL L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1009 (1753). – Type: Herb. Clifford 451, Momordica 2

( lectotype BM [ BM000647445 ], designated by Jeffrey in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cucurbitaceae 31 [1967]) .

Momordica muricata Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4, 4(1): 602 (1805). – Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 287 (1860). – Type: [published illustration] ‘Pandipavel’, Rheede, Hort. Malab. 8: t. 10 (lectotype designated by Chakaravarty, Fasc. Fl. India 11: 92 [1982]).

Momordica roxburghiana G.Don, Gen. Hist. View in CoL 3: 35 (1834). – Type : India, Patna, 16 iv 1812, F. Buchanan-Hamilton s.n. [ EIC 6745 B p.p.] (lectotype K-W [ K001124716 ], designated here, including material labelled ‘1’ in pencil only).

George Don based Momordica roxburghiana View in CoL on Roxburgh’s description of Momordica muricata Willd. Don View in CoL was not explicit on specimens, but he mentioned Patna as a locality and there is a collection made by Buchanan-Hamilton from there. I therefore select this a lectotype for Don’s name.