Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 46 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In many parts of tropical Australia."

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: 23-25, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotype (designated here): AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory: Victoria River, undated, F.Mueller (K000634697!, p.p., upper stem on sheet, with fruit attached, excluding lower stems).

orthographic variant: Cucumis picrocarpa 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, figs. 2, 3 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cucumis picrocarpa F.Muell. orth. var. pro parte misapplication: Cucumis melo L. legitimate by Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 189-190 pro parte misapplication: Cucumis melo L. legitimate by Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): 79-82 misapplication: Cucumis trigonus Roxb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 317 misapplication: Cucumis trigonus Roxb. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 696

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 504 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cucumis picrocarpa F.Muell. orth. var. pro parte misapplication: Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo legitimate by Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 189-190, Map 210 pro parte misapplication: Cucumis melo L. legitimate by Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): 79-82 pro parte misapplication: Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo legitimate by Kirkbride, J.H. (1993), Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): 81 misapplication: Cucumis trigonus Roxb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 317 misapplication: Cucumis trigonus Roxb. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 696

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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