Taxon:
Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus
Summary
Verified:
02/06/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 1:581.
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- Huang, S. et al. 2009. The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.. Nat. Genet. 41:1275-1281.
- International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 84. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
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- Thulin, M. 2000. Distribution on Arabian Peninsula. pers. comm. via e-mail to J. H. Kirkbride, Jr. on 6 Apr
- Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
cucumber – gherkin – French
concombre – concombre commun – cornichon – German
Gurke – India
khira – Italian
cetriolino da sottaceto – cetriolo – cetriolo da tavola – Japanese Rōmaji
ki-uri – kyūri – Portuguese
pepino – Spanish
cohombro – pepino – Swedish
gurka – Transcribed Chinese
huang gua – Transcribed Korean
oi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Cucumis sativus) –