Taxon:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. myriocarpus
Summary
Verified:
02/05/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chen, J.-F. & X.-H. Zhou. 2011. Cucumis. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, vegetables 6:67-90. Note: as Cucumis myriocarpus
- Deakin, J. R. et al. 1971. Interspecific hybridization in Cucumis. Econ. Bot. 25:195-211. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 30. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
- Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: = Cucumis myriocarpus
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269-14273. Note: cites one specimen of Cucumis myriocarpus
- Singh, A. K. & K. S. Yadava. 1984. An analysis of interspecific hybrids and phylogenetic implications in Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 147:237-252. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606 Note: as Cucumis myriocarpus
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Common names
English
gooseberry cucumber – paddy melon – prickly paddy melon –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North-West | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
Naturalized
Australasia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | to humans | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | as Cucumis myriocarpus | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: = Cucumis myriocarpus |