Cucumis anguria

Cucumis anguria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Cucumis
Subgenus: C. subg. Cucumis
Sectio: C. sect. Aculeatosi
Species: Cucumis anguria
Varietates: C. a. var. anguria – C. a. var. longaculeatus

Name

Cucumis anguria L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1011. 1753.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Apodanthera scaberrima Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 188. 1922.
  • Cucumis anguria var. longipes (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse, Blumea Suppl. 4: 200. 1958.
  • Cucumis anguria subsp. longipes (Hook.f.) Greb. in R.Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl., ed. 2, 2: 916. 1986.
  • Cucumis angurioides M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 79. 1846.
  • Cucumis arada L. ex Naudin & F.Muell., Select Pl. French ed.: 230. 1887.
  • Cucumis cubensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918.
  • Cucumis echinatus Moench, Meth. 654. 1794. nom. superfl..
  • Cucumis erinaceus Naudin ex C.Huber, Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1864(Cat. Print.): 6. 1864.
  • Cucumis jamaicensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918.
  • Cucumis longipes Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 547. 1871.
  • Cucumis macrocarpos Wender. ex Mart., Reise Bras. 1: 536. 1823.
  • Cucumis parviflorus Salisb., Prod. 157. 1796, nom. superfl.
  • Cucumis subhirsutus subsp. minor P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica (ed. 2): 353. 1789.

Homonyms

• Cucumis anguria Forssk. = Cucumis prophetarum subsp. prophetarum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces Source(s) of checklist:  Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucumis anguria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 31. Reference page.  References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1011. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis anguria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cucumis anguria. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucumis anguria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cucumis anguria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucumis anguria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 11 February 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Cackrey
português: Maxixe
svenska: Anguriagurka
中文: 西印度黄瓜

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