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Taxon:
Cucumis insignis
C. Jeffrey
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404391
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 40:209, fig. 1. 1985
Verified:
02/05/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis prolatior
J. H. Kirkbr.
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Reference(s)
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr.
1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) 55.
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 52:169.
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. 107:107:14269-14273.
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
s.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
(s.)
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
Name
References