''Muellerargia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *''Lagena ...

. Its native range is Madagascar, and southern and eastern

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

to northern Australia. It is found in

Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...

, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Queensland, Sulawesi and Western Australia. The genus name of ''Muellerargia'' is in honour of

Johannes Müller Argoviensis Johann Müller (9 May 1828 - 28 January 1896) was a Swiss botanist who was a specialist in lichens. He published under the name Johannes Müller Argoviensis to distinguish himself from other naturalists with similar names. Biography Müller w ...

(1828–1896), a Swiss botanist who was a specialist in lichens. It was first described and published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. Vol.3 on page 630 in 1881.

Species

According to Kew: *''

Muellerargia jeffreyana ''Muellerargia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is Madagascar, and southern and eastern Malesia to northern Australia. It is found in Christmas Island, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagasca ...

'' – Madagascar *''

Muellerargia timorensis ''Muellerargia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is Madagascar, and southern and eastern Malesia to northern Australia. It is found in Christmas Island, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagasca ...

'' – Java, Bali, Christmas Island,

Wallacea Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as Lo ...

, New Guinea, Queensland, Western Australia.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9035634 Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae genera Plants described in 1881 Flora of Madagascar Flora of Malesia Flora of New Guinea Flora of Queensland Flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux