Cucurbitaceae
Cucumis

Cucumis trigonus Roxb.

First published in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 722 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cucumis melo.]
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118. [Cited as Cucumis melo.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1962 McKee, H.S. [8502] Australia K000731893 Yes
Stewart, J.S. (Dr) [[180/BS]] India K002267075 Yes
s.coll. [1145] India K004006791 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002267066 Yes
[M.M. Jacquemont] [1271] India K002267068 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [51540] India K002267065 Yes
Sedgwick, L.J. [5367] India K002267074 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [19006] India K002267070 Yes
Charles, M. [51365] India K002267064 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; [Zahinya]; [Shryans Songh] [25033] India K002267063 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K002267072 Yes
Bell, A.S. (Mrs) [326] India K002267067 Yes
Shuter [s.n.] India K002267073 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K002267071 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2670] India K002267069 Yes

Sources

  • 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