Kurz, W.S. (1877), VI. - Contributions towards a knowledge of the Burmese flora. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural history 46(2): 103 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "generally cultivated in several varieties."

Cogniaux , C.A. & Harms, H. in Engler, H.G.A. (1924), Das Pflanzenreich: 121 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cucumis melo var. culta Kurz orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cucumis melo L. legitimate

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