Cucumis

Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cucumis L.
CUCURBITACEAE
MELON
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Classification
CUCURBITALES
Cucumis
Citation
CUCUMIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1011. 1753.
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TYPE: Cucumis sativus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 6: 264. 1925.
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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Cucumis anguria GOOSEBERRY GOURD; WEST INDIAN GHERKIN Not Native
Cucumis melo CANTALOUPE Not Native
Cucumis metulifer AFRICAN HORNED CUCUMBER Not Native
Cucumis sativus GARDEN CUCUMBER Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Fruit smooth
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1.  Fruit prickly to hispid
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2.  Leaf lobes elliptic or oblong to ovate; staminate flowers: corolla tube 0.8–2 mm; pistillate flowers: corolla tube 1–1.6(–3) mm
C. melo
2.  Leaf lobes triangular; staminate flowers: corolla tube 3.5–5(–6) mm; pistillate flowers: corolla tube 3.5–6.5 mm
C. sativus
3.  Plants dioecious; leaf blade often deeply lobed; pedicels of pistillate flowers distally dilated; staminate flowers 3–10 in racemes
C. anguria
3.  Plants monoecious; leaf blade shallowly lobed; pedicels of pistillate flowers not distally dilated; staminate flowers 1–7, usually in fascicles or panicles, rarely racemes
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4.  Fruit with prickles 0.5-1.5 cm long
C. metulifer
4.  Fruit hispid or minutely prickly, sometimes smooth
C. sativus
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Cucumella Cucumella Chiovenda, Fl. Somala 1: 183. 1929. TYPE: Cucumella robecchii Chiovenda 1929.
Dicaelospermum Dicaelospermum C. B. Clarke, in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 605, 630. 1879. TYPE: Dicaelospermum ritchei C. B. Clarke 1879.
Melo Melo Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: Cucumis melo Linnaeus
Mukia Mukia Arnott, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 12: 50. 1840. TYPE: Mukia scbrella (Linnaeus f.) Arnott 1841. (Bryonia scabrella Linnaeus f. 1782.) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 369. 1872-1873.
Myrmecosicyos Myrmecosicyos C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 15: 357. 1962. TYPE: Myrmecosicyos messorius C. Jeffrey 1962.
Oreosyce Oreosyce Hooker f., in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 548. 1871. TYPE: Oreosyce africana Hooker f. 1871.