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Taxon:
Cucumis prophetarum
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12577
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. I:33. 1755 (Amoen. acad. 4:295. 1759)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/10/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis prophetarum
L. subsp.
dissectus
(Naudin) C. Jeffrey
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis prophetarum
L. subsp.
prophetarum
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Burkill, H. M.
1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:580.
Garcia-Mas, J. et al.
2004. Phylogenetic relationships among
Cucumis
species based on the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequence and microsatellite markers. Pl. Syst. Evol. 248:191-203.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Ghazanfar, S. A.
2003-. Flora of Oman
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:99.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr.
1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae)
Note:
with two subspecies
Matsumuto, Y. & M. Miyagi.
2012. Ploidy estimation in West Indian gherkin, horned melon and wild
Cucumis
spp. by flow cytometry. J. Hort. Forest. 4:111-113.
URL:
http://www.academicjournals.org/jhf/
Note:
this study included tetraploid
Cucumis prophetarum
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
Renner, S. S. & A. K. Pandey.
2013. The Cucurbitaceae of India: accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20:69.
URL:
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys
Schaefer, H.
2007.
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) must include
Cucumella
,
Dicoelospermum
,
Mukia
,
Myrmecosicyos
, and
Oreosyce
: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:169.
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.
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
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
English
wild cucumber –
Reference(s)
Swedish
profetgurka –
Reference(s)
Urdu (Pakistan)
kharchvit –
Reference(s)
kharindroyan –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mauritania
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
n.
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Qatar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
United Arab Emirates
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Jordan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
n.e.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali
,
Mauritania
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
(n.),
Senegal
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
United Arab Emirates
,
Oman
,
Qatar
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Syria
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(n.e.),
Pakistan
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:99.
Name
References