Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Cucumis melo L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2]:
1011
[tax. nov.]
[Palmer, E. (1883), On plants used by the natives of North Queensland, Flinders and Mitchell Rivers, for Food, Medicine, etc. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 17]:
96
[secondary reference]
[Cogniaux , C.A. & Harms, H. in Engler, H.G.A. (1924), Das Pflanzenreich]:
120
[secondary reference]
[Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)]:
1187
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
by [Palmer, E. (1883), On plants used by the natives of North Queensland, Flinders and Mitchell Rivers, for Food, Medicine, etc. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 17]: 96
[Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology]:
307, 309
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
legitimate
[Jeffrey, C. (1980), Further notes on Cucurbitaceae V. The Cucurbitaceae of the India Subcontinent. Kew Bulletin 34(4)]:
793
[secondary reference]
-
Lectotype:
"Cucumis foliorum angulis rotundatis pomis torulosis L., Hort. Cliff.: 451(1738)!."
[Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales]:
625
[secondary reference]
common name:
Smooth Cucumber
[n/a]
common name:
Ulcardo Melon
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
108
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin
legitimate
[Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8]:
189-190
[secondary reference]
-
Subspecific rank not recognised in SA.
-
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
155
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
247-249, Fig. 70C
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ulcardo Melon
[n/a]
[Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae)]:
79-82
[secondary reference]
[Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
84, Fig. 16
[secondary reference]
[Schaefer, H. (2007), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52]:
167
[secondary reference]
[Nesom, G.L. (2011), Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13]:
13
[secondary reference]
[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, figs. 2, 3
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucundus F.Muell.
legitimate
[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
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by [Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8]: 189-190
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by [Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae)]: 79-82
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cucumis melo L. var. melo
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis acidus Jacq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis jucundus F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. culta Kurz
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo var. cultus Kurz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Greb.
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis chaete I.Telford
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. (Manfred D.Davidson 47)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. (Longreach I.R.Telford 11472)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. Manfred (D.Davidson 47) Qld Herbarium
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. Longreach (I.R.Telford 11472) Qld Herbarium
[n/a]
-
APC Comment:
Treated as Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo in WA.
-
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.
legitimate
by [Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae)]: 79-82
[Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25]:
19
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo
legitimate