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.
Cucumis melo L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
1011
[tax. nov.]
Palmer, E. (1883) , On plants used by the natives of North Queensland, Flinders and Mitchell Rivers, for Food, Medicine, etc. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 17 :
96
[secondary reference]
Cogniaux , C.A. & Harms, H. in Engler, H.G.A. (1924) , Das Pflanzenreich :
120
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1187
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
by Palmer, E. (1883) , On plants used by the natives of North Queensland, Flinders and Mitchell Rivers, for Food, Medicine, etc. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 17 : 96
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
307, 309
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
legitimate
Jeffrey, C. (1980) , Further notes on Cucurbitaceae V. The Cucurbitaceae of the India Subcontinent. Kew Bulletin 34(4) :
793
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Cucumis foliorum angulis rotundatis pomis torulosis L., Hort. Cliff.: 451(1738)!."
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
625
[secondary reference]
common name:
Smooth Cucumber
[n/a]
common name:
Ulcardo Melon
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
108
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
189-190
[secondary reference]
Subspecific rank not recognised in SA.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
155
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
247-249, Fig. 70C
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ulcardo Melon
[n/a]
Kirkbride, J.H. (1993) , Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) :
79-82
[secondary reference]
Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000) , Cucurbitaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia :
84, Fig. 16
[secondary reference]
Schaefer, H. (2007) , Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52 :
167
[secondary reference]
Nesom, G.L. (2011) , Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13 :
13
[secondary reference]
Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. (2011) , Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2) :
379, figs. 2, 3
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucundus F.Muell.
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. (2011) , Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2) :
379
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 : 189-190
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by Kirkbride, J.H. (1993) , Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) : 79-82
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cucumis melo L. var. melo
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis acidus Jacq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucundus F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. culta Kurz
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. cultus Kurz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis ( Naudin) Pangalo
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis ( Naudin) Greb.
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chaete I.Telford
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. (Manfred D.Davidson 47)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. (Longreach I.R.Telford 11472)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. Manfred (D.Davidson 47) Qld Herbarium
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. Longreach (I.R.Telford 11472) Qld Herbarium
[n/a]
APC Comment:
Treated as Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo in WA.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by Kirkbride, J.H. (1993) , Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) : 79-82
Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25 :
19
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis ( Naudin) Pangalo
legitimate