Cucumis melo subsp. melo

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. Cucumis
Species: Cucumis melo
Subspecies: Cucumis melo subsp. melo

Name

Cucumis melo subsp. melo, autonym

Synonyms

Cucumis arenarius Schum. & Thonn.
Cucumis aromaticus Royle
Cucumis bisexualis A. M. Lu & G. C. Wang
Cucumis campechianus Kunth
Cucumis cantalupensis Haberle ex M. Roem.
Cucumis cantalupo Reichb.
Cucumis chaete Wall.
Cucumis chate Hasselq.
Cucumis chinensis (Pangalo) Pangalo
Cucumis cicatrisatus Stocks
Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis cubensis Schrad.
Cucumis deliciosus Salisb.
Cucumis dudaim L.
Cucumis eriocarpus Boiss. & Noe
Cucumis erivanicus Hort. ex Steud.
Cucumis flexuosus L.
Cucumis gurmia Wall.
Cucumis jamaicensis Bert. ex Spreng.
Cucumis jucunda F. Müll.
Cucumis laevigatus Chiov.
Cucumis maculatus Willd.
Cucumis madraspatanus Roxb.
Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naud.
Cucumis melo var. chinensis Pangalo
Cucumis melo var. dudaim (L.) Naud.
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus Naud.
Cucumis melo var. microcarpus Pangalo
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin
Cucumis melopepo Steud.
Cucumis microcarpus (Pangalo) Pangalo
Cucumis momordica Roxb.
Cucumis odoratissimus Moench
Cucumis officinarum-melo Crantz
Cucumis orientalis Kudr.
Cucumis pancherianus Naud.
Cucumis pedatifidus Schrad.
Cucumis persicodorus Seiz.
Cucumis persicus M. Roem.
Cucumis picrocarpus F. Müll.
Cucumis pictus Jacq.
Cucumis princeps Wender.
Cucumis pubescens Willd.
Cucumis reflexus Zeyh. ex Ser.
Cucumis reginae Schrad.
Cucumis schraderianus M. Roem.
Cucumis serotinus Haberle ex Seiz.
Cucumis umbilicatus Salisb.
Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.
Cucumis verrucosus Hort. ex Steud.
Cucumis villosus Boiss. & Noë
Cucurbita aspera Soland. ex Forst. fil.
Melo cantalupa Pangalo
Melo chate Sageret ex M. Roem.
Melo dudaim (L.) Sager.
Melo flexuosus (Naud.) Pangalo
Melo microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo
Melo orientalis (Kudr.) Nabiev
Melo persicus Sageret
Momordica sativa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Pepo melopepo Moench
Pepo verrucosus Moench

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- - Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, ?Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Gambia, ?Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1011

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis melo subsp. melo. 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.
Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998-). IPK Gatersleben. 2010 Nov 09 [1].

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Spanspek
беларуская: Дыня
Deutsch: Zuckermelone
Ελληνικά: Πεπόνι
English: Muskmelon
español: Melón
suomi: Meloni
Nordfriisk: Sokermeloon
français: Melon
magyar: Sárgadinnye
italiano: Melone
Nederlands: Suikermeloen
norsk: Melon
polski: Ogórek melon
português: Melão
svenska: Melon
ไทย: แตงไทย
Türkçe: Kavun
中文: 香瓜