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Cucumis melo L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Cucurbitales
family
Cucurbitaceae
genus
Cucumis
species
Cucumis melo

Name

Synonyms
? ameri Pangalo
? cassaba Pangalo
Bryonia callosa Wall.
Cucumis chaete I.Telford
Cucumis chate L.
Cucumis chito E.Morren, 1849
Cucumis dudaim subsp. aegyptiacus (Alef.) Sickenb.
Cucumis dudaim subsp. bitarianus Sickenb.
Cucumis dudaim subsp. elongatus Sickenb.
Cucumis dudaim subsp. striatus Sickenb.
Cucumis dudaim var. aegyptiacus Sickenb.
Cucumis flexuosus var. adzhur Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoalbus Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoaurantiacus Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoviridis Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoalbus Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoauranticus Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoviridis Pangalo
Cucumis flexuosus var. terra Pangalo
Cucumis gurmia Wall.
Homonyms
Cucumis melo L.
Cucumis melo Blanco
Common names
Acur in Turkish
Cantaloupe in English
Concombre melon in French
Concombre melon, Melon in French
Courge in French
Kavun in Turkish
Melon in Danish
Melon in French
Melon in English
Melon in French
Melon in English
Melone in German
Melone in German
Oriental melon in English
Potiron in French
Sėjamasis melionas in Lithuanian
Zucker-Melone in German
Zuckermelone in German
cantaloupe in English
honeydew in English
meloeiro in Portuguese
melon in English
melon in Estonian
meloni in Finnish
meloun cukrový in Czech
melão in Portuguese
muskmelon in English
참외 in language.
Meloen in Dutch
Melon in English
cantaloupe in English
melon in Norwegian Bokmål
melon in French
melon in Nynorsk, Norwegian
melon in Swedish
Melon in Welsh
Melonau in Welsh
concombre melon in French
honeydew in English
musk melon in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
  3. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  4. Rivera-Díaz, O. 2010. Catálogo de la flora vascular de las áreas de ciénagas y bosques secos y húmedos aledaños en el departamento de Córdoba, Colombia. En: Rangel-Ch., J.O. (eds.). Colombia Diversidad Biótica IX. Ciénagas de Córdoba: biodiversidad, ecología y manejo ambiental. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. p: 137-205, Bogotá.
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