Cucumis asper Cogn.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 882 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Namibia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Namibia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cucumella aspera.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Seydel, R. [512] K002268726 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5468] Namibia K002268722 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002269146 Yes
Seydel, R. [512] Namibia K002268719 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5796] Namibia K002268717 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [171] Namibia K002268718 Yes
Ward, C.J.; Ward, J.D.; Seely, M.K. [10388] Namibia K002268724 Yes
Giess, W.; Merxmuller, H. [960] South Africa K002268723 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002269145 Yes
Giess, W.; Merxmuller, H. [1657] Namibia K002268720 Yes
Strohbach, B. [2377] Namibia K002268725 Yes
Winter, D.; Hardy [8128] Namibia K002268721 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