Cucumis anguria var. anguria

Cucumis anguria var. anguria

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: Cucumis
Species: Cucumis anguria
Varietas: Cucumis anguria var. anguria

Name

Cucumis anguria var. anguria, autonym

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cucumis parviflorus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 157. 1796, nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Apodanthera scaberrima Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 188. 1922.
  • Cucumis anguria Vell., Fl. Flumin. Icon. 10: t. 84. 1827 [1831], nom illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Cucumis anguria subsp. cubensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918.
  • Cucumis anguria subsp. jamaicensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918.
  • Cucumis anguria subsp. longipes (Hook. f.) Greb., Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärt. Kulturfl. (ed. 2) ed. 2, 2: 916. 1986.
  • Cucumis anguria var. longipes (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse, Blumea Suppl. 4: 200. 1958.
  • Cucumis angurioides M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 79. 1846.
  • Cucumis arada L. ex Naudin & F.Muell., Manuel de l*acclimateur 230. 1887.
  • Cucumis cubensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918, in clavi.
  • Cucumis cubensis (Gand.) Schrad., Linnaea 12: 419. 1838.
  • Cucumis echinatus Moench, Methodus (Moench) 654. 1794.
  • Cucumis erinaceus Naudin ex J.C.Huber, Cat. Printemps 1864 (Huber) 6. 1864.
  • Cucumis jamaicensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28. 1918, in clavi.
  • Cucumis longipes Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. (Oliver et al.) 2: 547. 1871.
  • Cucumis macrocarpus Wender. ex Mart., Reise Bras. 1: 536. 1828, as macrocarpos.
  • Cucumis subhirsutus subsp. minor P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica (ed. 2) 353. 1789.

Notes

• Homonyms
  • Cucumis anguria Forssk. (1775) = ?
  • Cucumis anguria Rodsch. (1796) = Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.

References

• AFPD 2009. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2010 Nov 05 [1].
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1011. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucumis anguria var. anguria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 11 February 2009.
• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010 Nov 08 [2].

Vernacular names

English: West Indian Gherkin, Burr Gherkin, Burr Cucumber
svenska: Anguriagurka