Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Cucumis umbellatus
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Cucumis umbellatus I.Telford , legitimate, scientific
Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. (2011), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2): 384, figs. 4, 5 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Australia. Northern Territory: Darwin and Gulf: Kakadu National Park, Ubirr, Apr. 2009, Sebastian 14 (holotype: CANB!; isotypes: DNA!, K!, M!, MO!, NE!, PERTH!).
taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Cucumis sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin umbella (parasol), in reference to the inflorescences of the male flowers."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cucumis sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Mukia umbellata I.Telford manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 7909) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Mukia sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Cucumis sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT