Cucumis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

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

Accepted Species

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?
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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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
  • 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