Cucurbitaceae
Citrullus

Citrullus ecirrhosus Cogn.

First published in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 151 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Namibia to NW. Cape Prov. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Namibia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rogers, F.A. [15365] Namibia K002269912 Yes
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6617] Namibia K002269909 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2755] Namibia K002269917 Yes
Kolberg, H.; Tholkes, T. [651] Namibia K002269908 Yes
Bradfield, R.D. [560] Namibia K002269911 Yes
Chadwick, S.E. [6] Namibia K002269918 Yes
Seydel, R. [860] Namibia K002269913 Yes
Galpin; Pearson [7452] South Africa K002269901 Yes
Oliver; Müller [6440] Namibia K002269910 Yes
Hardy, D.S. [1684] South Africa K002269906 Yes
Vuuren, D.V. [973] K002269900 Yes
Methuen, P.A. [8046] K002269904 Yes
Collett, R. [115] Namibia K002269916 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2157] Namibia K002269914 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] K002269903 Yes
Dinter [6117] Namibia K002269915 Yes
Kubirske, R. [57] Namibia K002269907 Yes
Werger, N.J.A. [175] K002269905 Yes
[Dinter] [6715] K002269902 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0