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Taxon:
Cucumis melo
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404410
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359032
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/06/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis melo
L. var.
acidulus
Naudin
Cucumis melo
L. var.
hibernus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
makuwa
Makino
Cucumis melo
L. var.
ameri
Gabaev
Cucumis melo
L. var.
duripulposus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
microspermus
Nakai ex Kitam.
Cucumis microspermus
Nakai
Cucumis melo
L. var.
aegyptiacus
(Sickenb.) Hassib
Cucumis dudaim
L. var.
aegyptiacus
Sickenb.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
pubescens
(Willd.) Kurz
Cucumis pubescens
Willd.
Cucumis moschatus
Gray
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Reference(s)
Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/cultural/Cucumis_melo_K/
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes.
2007. The wild species of
Cucumis
L. (Cucurbitaceae) in South-East Asia. Adansonia sér. 3, 29:26.
URL:
http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/listeParution.xsp?PUBLICATION_ID=5&idx=23
Decker-Walters, D. S. et al.
2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (
Cucumis melo
, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Pl. Syst. Evol. 233:183-197.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cucumis+melo&quantity=1
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr.
1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) 79.
Note:
Parkway Publ., North Carolina
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
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
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:153.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Telford, I. R. H. et al.
2011.
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to
C. melo
. Syst. Bot. 36:376-389.
Note:
native to Australia
Turner, B. L. et al.
2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
melon –
Reference(s)
German
Melone –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
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
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Seychelles
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Maldives
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
2
Cultivated
cult. worldwide
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in tropics
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Niger
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Maldives
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
,
Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
,
Thailand
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States
[Guam]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Tonga
,
Samoa
Cultivated
(cult. worldwide)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Name
References