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Taxon:  Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
104944
Place of publication:
Landw. Fl. 196. 1866
Comment:
  • Alefeld's combination is valid under the varietal rank
  • the introduction (page V) of the original publication explains the application of the varietal rank
Verified:
02/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis sativus L. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. sikkimensis Hook. f. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannanesis Qi & Yuan ex S. S. Renner (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucumis hardwickii Royle

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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. 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, 29:246-247. URL: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/listeParution.xsp?PUBLICATION_ID=5&idx=23
  3. 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
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: lists as Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Kitam.
  5. Jeffrey, C. 1980. Further notes on Cucurbitaceae: V. The Cucurbitaceae of the Indian Subcontinent. Kew Bull. 34:802. Note: lists as Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Gabaev.
  6. 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: this study examined USDA accession PI 215589
  7. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 119. Note: = Cucumis sativus L.
  8. Lebeda, A. et al. 2007. Chapter 8. Cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae; Cucumis spp., Cucurbita spp., Citrullus spp.). Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement 3:271-376. Note: this review recognized var. hardwickii as part of the primary gene pool of the cultivated cucumber
  9. Meglic, V. et al. 1996. Genetic diversity in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): I. A reevaluation of te U.S. germplasm collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:533-546. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  10. 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
  11. Renner, S. S. 2017. A valid name for the Xishuangbanna gourd, a cucumber with carotene-rich fruits. PhytoKeys 85:87-94. URL: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys Note: this variety is recognized as source of the progenitor population of cucumber
  12. 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: lists as Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Gabaev.
  13. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  14. 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
  15. Yang, L. et al. 2012. Chromosome rearrengements during domestication of cucumber as revealed from high-density genetic mapping and draft genome assembly. Plant J. 71:895-906. URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-313X
  16. Zhao, X. et al. 2011. Comparison of the distribution of the repetitive DNA sequences in three variants of Cucumis sativus reveals their phylogenetic relationships. J. Genet. Genomics 38:39-45. Note: formerly Acta Genetica Sinica
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
xi nan ye huang gua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar (n.), Thailand (n.)


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