Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Cucumis anguria

Cucurbitaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Cucurbitales(ordo)
Cucurbitaceae(fam.)
Cucumis(gen.)
anguria(sp.)

Cucumis anguria L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

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1011

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in Jamaica."

Bailey, J.F. & White, C.T. (1917), Contributions to the Queensland flora.

Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland

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10

[secondary reference]

Jeffrey, C. (1967), Flora of Tropical East Africa

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104

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "a plant cultivated at Uppsala, Sweden (LINN, lecto.!)" LINN sheet number 1152.6.

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Australia

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190, Map 211

APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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111

[secondary reference]

Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae)

:

-

[secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

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130

[secondary reference]

Schaefer, H. (2007), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data.

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168

[secondary reference]

Nesom, G.L. (2011), New state records for Citrullus, Cucumis, and Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) outside of cultivation in the USA.

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3

[secondary reference]

common name:

bur gherkin

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common name:

West Indian gherkin

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