Cucumis metuliferus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Schrad., Linnaea 12(4): 406 (1838).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- - Senegal, Benin, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, SW-Chad, Cameroon, ?Central African Republic, South Sudan, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Gabon, Eritrea, ?Ethiopia, S-Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, W-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana

Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis metuliferus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cucumis metuliferus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucumis metuliferus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cucumis metuliferus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucumis metuliferus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Horned Melon
suomi: Kivakurkku
日本語: ツノニガウリ
português: Pepino Africano ou Chifrudo
Türkçe: Boynuzlu Kavun
中文: 刺角瓜

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