Taxon:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. leptodermis (Schweick.) C. Jeffrey & P. Halliday
Summary
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 30:481. 1975
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.
- Deakin, J. R. et al. 1971. Interspecific hybridization in Cucumis. Econ. Bot. 25:195-211. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Kho, Y. O. et al. 1980. Interspecific hybridization in Cucumis L. II. The crossability of species, and investigation of in vivo pollen tube growth and seed set. Euphytica 29:661-672. Note: mentions Cucumis myriocarpus
- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 30. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
- 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: only one accession 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 leptodermis
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
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 | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North-West | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, North-West]