Taxon:
Cucumis humifructus Stent
Summary
Place of publication:
Bothalia 2:356. 1927
Verified:
02/05/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- 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
- Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al. 2007. Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94:1256-1266 URL: http://www.amjbot.org
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
- Kerje, T. & M. Grum. 2000. The origin of melon, Cucumis melo: a review of literature. Acta Hort. 510:37-44.
- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 77. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
- Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:167. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- 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.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | s. |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | s.e. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia (s.)
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo (s.e.)
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Gauteng, Mpumalanga]