Cucurbitaceae
Cucumis

Cucumis meeusei C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 19: 218 (1965)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Botswana to N. Cape Prov. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia

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?
Mar 16, 1964 Winter de, B. [3713] South Africa K000313248 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002269156 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002269154 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1230] South Africa K002268771 Yes
Seydel, R. [1362] Namibia K002268757 Yes
Whitaker, T. [90434] United States K002268942 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002269155 Yes
Seydel, R. [2275] Namibia K002268766 Yes
Giess, W.; Merxmuller, H. [904] Namibia K002268754 Yes
Seydel, R. [4305] Namibia K002268758 Yes
Kolberg, H.; Maggs, G.L. [926] Namibia K002268755 Yes
Winter, D.; Hardy [8202] Namibia K002268768 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [5494] Namibia K002268756 Yes
Whitaker, T. [90434] United States K002268941 Yes
Giess, W. [[5033]] Namibia K002268753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002269157 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [665] Namibia K002268770 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18831] South Africa K002268751 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [628] Namibia K002268769 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [790] Namibia K002268752 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [885] Namibia K002268760 Yes
Seydel, R. [1362] Namibia K002268763 Yes
Strohbach, B. [2349] Namibia K002268764 Yes
Kolberg, H. [575A] Namibia K002268765 Yes
Ward, C.J.; Ward, J.D.; Seely, M.K. [10395] Namibia K002268762 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5157] Namibia K002268761 Yes
Hardy, D.S. [1961] Namibia K002268767 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 2026. 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 2026. 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