Cucurbitaceae
Cucumis

Cucumis heptadactylus Naudin

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 24 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Northern Provinces

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tolken, H.; Schlieben, E. [1170A] South Africa K002268497 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [621] South Africa K002268499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002269152 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1538] South Africa K002268498 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002268495 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000311064 Unknown Type Material Yes
[590] K000311066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1541] South Africa K002268496 Yes
Burke [139] South Africa K000311065 Unknown Type Material 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