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Melon
Cucumis melo L.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Cucurbitales »  family Cucurbitaceae

Scientific synonyms

Cucumis melo var. dudaim (L.) Naud.
Melo sativus

Other names

= Cantaloupe
= Musk Melon
= Muskmelon
= Paddymelon
= Rock Melon
= Ulcardo Melon

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Cucumis melo - Melon

Author: Jiří Novák

Cucumis melo var. reticulatus - Cantaloupe

Cucumis melo - Melon

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Cucumis melo - Melon

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Cucumis melo - Melon

Author: Petr Vobořil

Taxon in country check-lists*

Czech Republic

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Erysiphe cichoracearum Jacz. - Powdery Mildew of Cucumber, Podosphaera xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & Shishkoff, Didymella bryoniae (Fuckel) Rehm - Black Rot of Cucumber, Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Rostovzev 1903 - Downy Mydlew of Cucumber

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Related glossary terms

vegetable
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo - Wild Cucumber
subspecies Cucumis melo subsp. melo
varietas Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Ser. - Cantaloupe

Cucumis melo var. reticulatus - Cantaloupe


Links and literature

EN PLANTS Database [CUME]
PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
CZ Kubát et al. (2002): Klíč ke květeně České republiky, Academia, Praha [as Cucumis melo L.]
EN Pyšek P., Sádlo J. & Mandák B. (2002): Catalogue of alien plants of the Czech Republic [http://www.preslia.cz/P022CPys.pdf], Preslia 74(2): 97–186, 2002. [as Cucumis melo L.]
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