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Taxon:  Cucumis melo L.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404410
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Verified:
02/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
71 (71  active, 13  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
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. 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 (14 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin (4 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. inodorus H. Jacq. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
No images
Reference(s)
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  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  17. Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
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Common names
English
melon –
German
Melone –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Senegal
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
  • NORTH INDIAN OCEAN: Maldives
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Guam
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa
Cultivated (cult. worldwide)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses


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