Cucurbitaceae
Cucumis

Cucumis cinereus (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin

First published in Novon 17: 177 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Northern Prov., Madagascar. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Acocks, J.P.H. [20942] South Africa K002268741 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [864] Namibia K002268733 Yes
Seydel, R. [1289] Namibia K002268732 Yes
Dinter [6871] Namibia K002268744 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Burtt Davy, J. [24960] South Africa K002268740 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7770] South Africa K002268742 Yes
Breyer, A.G.; Burtt Davy, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002268738 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Burtt Davy, J. [24960] South Africa K002268731 Yes
Giess, W.; Merxmuller, H. [1584] Namibia K002268736 Yes
Giess, W.; van der Walt [12594] Namibia K002268735 Yes
Meeuse, A.D.J. [10285] South Africa K002268743 Yes
De Winter; Leistner [5351] Namibia K002268734 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [739] Namibia K004006735 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Burtt Davy, J. [24960] South Africa K002268739 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2850] South Africa K002268730 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