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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Ecballium (family Cucurbitaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 19 1824.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292573-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Bryonia elaterium (L.) E.H.L.Krause	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis agrestis Blackw. ex Rchb. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ecballium agreste Rchb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ecballium officinale T.Nees	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ecballium officinarum Rich. ex M.Roem.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ecballium purgans Schrad.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Elaterium cordifolium Moench	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica aspera Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica ecirrhata Stokes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica elastica Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Momordica elaterium L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Ecballium elaterium var. dioicum Batt.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2780660.

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