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Taxon:  Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12564
Verified:
02/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (14  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo L. (71 active accession[s])
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 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)
Bryonia collosa Rottler
Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  3. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 81. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
  4. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  5. 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
  6. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). http://www.botanicalbeads.com/
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  8. 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
melon –
German
Melone –
Italian
melone –
Japanese Rōmaji
meron –
Swedish
melon –
Transcribed Chinese
tian gua –
Transcribed Korean
chamoe –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_4.html,) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as C. melo; Herbs Commerce ed2, as C. melo) –


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