Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Citrullus Schrad. , nom. cons. , scientific
Schrader, H.A. in Ecklon, C.F. & Zeyher, C.L.P. (1836) , Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae 2
279
[tax. nov.]
Bailey, F.M. (1900) , The Queensland Flora 2
697
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
221
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4
544
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Diminutive of Latin citrus , the citron-tree, because the fruits are sometimes orange-shaped."
Fosberg, F.R. (1953) , Proposal to conserve the generic name Citrullus Schrader. Taxon 2
101
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
806
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Diminutive of Latin citrus , the citron-tree, because the fruits are sometimes orange-shaped."
Meeuse, A.D.J. (1962) , The Cucurbitaceae of Southern Africa. Bothalia 8
54-55
[secondary reference]
Oza, G.M. (1962) , Nomenclatural note in the Indian species of Citrullus Schrader. Taxon 11
254-255
[secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
291
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
342
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
424
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
108
[secondary reference]
Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia
230
[secondary reference]
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8
173-175
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocynthis Mill. nom. rej.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Voss, E.G. (1983) , International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111
415
[secondary reference]
Type:
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., typ. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Colocynthis Mill. nom. rej.
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
113
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
157-158
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1
443
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
109
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocynthis Mill. nom. rej.
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
246-247
[secondary reference]
Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
381-382
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1
443
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
190
[secondary reference]
