Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
First published in Trudy Prikl. Bot. 81: 111 (1983)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sudan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Citrullus lanatus subsp. mucosospermus Fursa in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 38 (1972)
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 Citrullus lanatus.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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