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genus

melon
Cucumis L.

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

Other names

= Cucumber

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Included taxa

Number of records: 14

species Cucumis acidus Jacq. f.
species Cucumis africanus L. f.

Cucumis africanus

species Cucumis anguria L. - West Indian Gherkin

Cucumis anguria

species Cucumis clavipetiolatus (J.H.Kirkbr.) Ghebret. & Thulin
species Cucumis dipsaceus C.G. Ehrenb. ex Spach - Hedgehog Gourd

Cucumis dipsaceus

species Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. - Cucumis
species Cucumis globosus C.Jeffrey
species Cucumis hirsutus Sond.

Cucumis hirsutus

species Cucumis melo L. - Melon

Cucumis melo

species Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naud. - African Horned Cucumber

Cucumis metuliferus

species Cucumis myriocarpus E. Mey. ex Naud. - Gooseberry Cucumber

Cucumis myriocarpus

species Cucumis prophetarum L. - Cucumis
species Cucumis sativus L. - Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

species Cucumis zeyheri Sond.

Links and literature

EN PLANTS Database [CUCUM]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [30023062-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Cucumis L.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1025573]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Cucumis Linnaeus, 1753]
Data retrieved on: 8 December 2019
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