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Showing Cucumis umbellatus
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Cucurbitales(ordo)
- Cucurbitaceae(fam.)
- Cucumis(gen.)
- umbellatus(sp.)
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Type: Australia. Northern Territory: Darwin and Gulf: Kakadu National Park, Ubirr, Apr. 2009, Sebastian 14 (holotype: CANB!; isotypes: DNA!, K!, M!, MO!, NE!, PERTH!).
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Etymology: "From the Latin umbella (parasol), in reference to the inflorescences of the male flowers."
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APC Dist.: WA, NT