Cucumis L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Albania, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China North-Central, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Illinois, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maldives, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Virginia, Wake I., West Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cucumella Chiov. in Fl. Somala 1: 183 (1929)
- Dicoelospermum C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 630 (1879)
- Melo Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Mukia Arn. in Madras J. Lit. Sci. 12: 50 (1840)
- Myrmecosicyos C.Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 15: 357 (1961 publ. 1962)
Accepted Species
- Cucumis aculeatus Cogn.
- Cucumis aetheocarpus (C.Jeffrey) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis africanus L.f.
- Cucumis althaeoides (Ser.) P.Sebastian & I.Telford
- Cucumis anguria L.
- Cucumis argenteus (Domin) P.Sebastian & I.Telford
- Cucumis asper Cogn.
- Cucumis baladensis Thulin
- Cucumis bryoniifolius (Merxm.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis canoxyi Thulin & Al-Gifri
- Cucumis carolinus J.H.Kirkbr.
- Cucumis cinereus (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis clavipetiolatus (J.H.Kirkbr.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis costatus I.Telford
- Cucumis debilis W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach
- Cucumis engleri (Gilg) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis ficifolius A.Rich.
- Cucumis globosus C.Jeffrey
- Cucumis gracilis (Kurz) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis hastatus Thulin
- Cucumis heptadactylus Naudin
- Cucumis hirsutus Sond.
- Cucumis humofructus Stent
- Cucumis hystrix Chakrav.
- Cucumis indicus Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis insignis C.Jeffrey
- Cucumis javanicus (Miq.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis jeffreyanus Thulin
- Cucumis kalahariensis A.Meeuse
- Cucumis kelleri (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis kirkbridei Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis leiospermus (Wight & Arn.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis maderaspatanus L.
- Cucumis meeusei C.Jeffrey
- Cucumis melo L.
- Cucumis messorius (C.Jeffrey) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin
- Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
- Cucumis omissus Thulin
- Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
- Cucumis prophetarum L.
- Cucumis pubituberculatus Thulin
- Cucumis pustulatus Naudin ex Hook.f.
- Cucumis queenslandicus I.Telford
- Cucumis quintanilhae R.Fern. & A.Fern.
- Cucumis reticulatus (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis rigidus E.Mey. ex Sond.
- Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis rostratus J.H.Kirkbr.
- Cucumis rumphianus (Scheff.) H.Schaef.
- Cucumis sacleuxii Paill. & Bois
- Cucumis sagittatus Wawra & Peyr.
- Cucumis sativus L.
- Cucumis setosus Cogn.
- Cucumis silentvalleyi (Manilal, T.Sabu & P.Mathew) Ghebret. & Thulin
- Cucumis thulinianus J.H.Kirkbr.
- Cucumis umbellatus I.Telford
- Cucumis variabilis P.Sebastian & I.Telford
- Cucumis zambianus Widrl., J.H.Kirkbr., Ghebret. & K.R.Reitsma
- Cucumis zeyheri Sond.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 542.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Deakin, Bohn & Whitaker in Econ. Bot. 25, 2: 195–211 (1971).
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 442 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 1011 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. Jeffrey & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Ghebretinsae, Thulin & Barber in Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1256–1266 (2007).
- Kirkbride, Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) (1993)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 442 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Melville, R., United Kingdom | 8094.000 | No | |||
Luke, Q. [TPR589], Kenya | K000809252 | No | |||
Gillett, J.B. [22986], Somalia | K000731946 | No | |||
Godding, H.C. [69], Somalia | K000731943 | No | |||
Thulin, M. [10624], Somalia | K000809229 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0