Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 45 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Arnhem's land and on the Gulf of Carpentaria, particularly on the banks of rivers, also in eastern tropical Australia, and in Central Australia observed with certainty as far south as Cooper's River."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 318 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis trigonus Roxb. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 545 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1187 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 807 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 291 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 189 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo legitimate

Telford, I.R.H., Schaefer, H., Greuter, W. & Renner, S.S. (2011), A new Australian species of Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) and typification of two Australian Cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by Ferdinand Mueller in 1856. Phytokeys 5: 22-23 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (designated here): AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory: Victoria River, undated, F.Mueller (K000634446!, p.p., excluding upper stem with fruit attached; isolectotypes: Same locality, undated, GH000312219! [as ‘Cucurbita jucunda’], K000634445!, MEL000592946! [as ‘Cucurbita jucunda’]). A second sheet at GH from “Depot Creek” and one at MEL000592947 from “Victoria River, Depot Creek” are possible further isolectotypes.

orthographic variant: Cucumis jucunda F.Muell. orth. var.

Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. (2011), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2): 379 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo L. legitimate

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