Citrullus

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

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)

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).

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International Plant Names Index. 2014. Citrullus. Published online. Accessed Aug 26 2014. Reference page.