Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus J.H.Kirkbr.
First published in Biosyst. Monog. Gen. Cucumis (Cucurbitac.): 39 (1993)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Angola to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Introduced into:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Montana, Texas
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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