Citrullus

Citrullus lanatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Citrullus
Species: C. colocynthis – C. ecirrhosus – C. lanatus – C. mucosospermus – C. rehmii

Name

• Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 2: 279. (1836) nom. cons. against Colocynthis Mill. (1754)
• Type species: Citrullus vulgaris  Schrad. (1836) = Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. (1916)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anguria Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. 9, 31. (1760) nom. illeg.
  • Colocynthis Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) vol. 1. (1754) nom. rej. but Colocynthis cocolobus Schrad. may be a valid name (Tropicos 2022).

References

• Schrader, H.A. (1836) Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae 2: 279. BHL

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Citrullus. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Citrullus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Citrullus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Citrullus. Published online. Accessed Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names

العربية: حنظل
azərbaycanca: qarpız
беларуская: кавун
български: Диня
kaszëbsczi: kawón
čeština: lubenice
dansk: vandmelon-slægten
Ελληνικά: κίτρουλλος
English: Water Melons, Desert Vines
suomi: vesimelonit
français: Vignes du Désert
italiano: cocomero
日本語: スイカ属, 西瓜属, 水瓜属
lietuvių: arbūzas
latviešu: arbūzi
polski: arbuz, kawon
русский: арбуз
svenska: Vattenmelonssläktet
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: tarvuz
中文: 西瓜属

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