Taxon:
Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria
Summary
Verified:
02/05/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
- Baird, J. R. & J. W. Thieret. 1988. Thebur gherkin(Cucumis anguria var. anguria, Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:447-451. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
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Common names
English
bur cucumber – bur gherkin – gooseberry gourd – West Indian gherkin – French
angurie des Antilles – concombre des Antilles – German
Anguriagurke – Portuguese
machiche – maxixe – Spanish
cohombro espinoso – pepinito – pepino –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhao | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondonia | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Senegal, Sierra Leone
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Reunion
Southern America
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Northern America
-
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rondonia]
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
Human food
Weed
(fide Weed CIBA) –