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.
Zehneria cunninghamii F.Muell.
, legitimate , scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856) , Note on the Voyage of the North Australian Exploring Expedition, from Sydney to the mouth of the Victoria River. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8 :
50
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Hab. in nemoribus secus flumen Brisbane, necnon in insulis sinus Moreton Bay."
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
320
[basionym]
basionym of:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1189
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
108
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
181-182, map 200
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii var. major Domin
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
112
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii var. major Domin
legitimate
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
445
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Slender Cucumber
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
303
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999) , Native Plants of Queensland 4 :
386
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
445
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Slender Cucumber
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003) , Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines :
Code 2536
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
146
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii var. major Domin
legitimate
common name:
Slender Cucumber
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii var. major Domin
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth. var. cunninghamii
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Neoachmandra cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
legitimate
Wilde, W.J.J.O. de & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2006) , Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51(1) :
18
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
(here chosen): Mueller s.n. (TCD), Australia, Queensland, Moroton [sic] Bay.
Wilde, W.J.J.O. de & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2006) , Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51(1) :
18
[basionym]
basionym of:
Neoachmandra cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
legitimate
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015 :
20
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Neoachmandra cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii var. major Domin
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melothria cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) Benth. var. cunninghamii
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Neoachmandra cunninghamii ( F.Muell.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
legitimate