Cucumis maderaspatanus

Cucumis maderaspatanus

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
Subgenus: C. subg. Cucumis
Sectio: C. sect. Cucumis
Species: Cucumis maderaspatanus

Name

Cucumis maderaspatanus L., Sp. Pl (1012) 1753.

Synonyms

• Bryonia cordifolia L.
• Bryonia cordifolia Russ. ex Steud.
• Bryonia gracilis Wall.
• Bryonia hispida Salisb.
• Bryonia maderaspatana Lam.
• Bryonia micrantha Hochst. ex Cogn.
• Bryonia micropoda E. Mey.
• Bryonia punctata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
• Bryonia rottleri Spreng.
• Bryonia scabra Rottl. ex Wight & Arn.
• Bryonia scabrella L. fil.
• Coccinia cordifolia Cogn.
• Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn.
• Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
• Mukia rottleri M. Roem.
• Mukia scabrella (L. fil.) Arn.
• Trichosanthes dioica Wall.

Homonyms

• Cucumis maderaspatanus Soland. ex Seem. = Zehneria mucronata (Bl.) Miq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie India (incl. Darjeeling), Bangladesh, Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Swat), peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Kelantan), Sri Lanka, Java, Andamans (I) (South Andamans (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Mandalay), Bhutan, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines (Luzon, Masbate, Panay, Mindanao), Thailand, Saudi Arabia (Asir, Hejaz), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen) Continental: Africa Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Gabon, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Continental: Australia Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1012.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis maderaspatanus. 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 maderaspatanus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucumis maderaspatanus 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 maderaspatanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucumis maderaspatanus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Mukia maderaspatana

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