Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
, legitimate , 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]
Black, J.M. (1909) , Naturalised Flora of South Australia :
64
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
221
[secondary reference]
common name:
Pie Melon
[n/a]
Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4 :
544, Fig. 237
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bastard Melon
[n/a]
common name:
Bitter Melon
[n/a]
common name:
Wild Melon
[n/a]
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1188
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucurbita citrullus L.
legitimate
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
806, Fig. 1133
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wild Melon
[n/a]
common name:
Bastard Melon
[n/a]
common name:
Bitter Melon
[n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
291
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
108
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus
legitimate
Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
231
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
173
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
113
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
382
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
APC Comment:
Listed in synonymy of Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus by S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard, Pl. N.S.W. (1981) and synonymy of Citrullus lanatus by various authors. Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus are now considered to have been misapplied to Citrullus amarus Schrad. in Australia.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Citrullus amarus Schrad.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1909) , Naturalised Flora of South Australia : 64
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Citrullus amarus Schrad.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4 : 544, Fig. 237
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Citrullus amarus Schrad.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 : 806, Fig. 1133