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Cucumis L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1011 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010007.

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Synonyms of Cucumis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cucumella Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 183 (1929) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000010004
Melo Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023680
Mukia Arn. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 12: 50 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000024960
Myrmecosicyos C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 15(3): 357–359, f. 2. 1962. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025168

Species in Cucumis ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cucumis:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis afrotropicus H.Schaef. Fl. Gabon 57: 54. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000043638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis angulatus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 168 (1775) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis asininus Garsault Fig. Pl. Med. 2: t. 237. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 154. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 789. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis barbatus Roth Catal. Bot. 2: 122 (1800) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628818
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis bipinnatifidus Wight ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 12: 99. 1859 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis chrysocarpa Welw. Apont. 589, n. 63. 1859 [Dec 1858 publ. Dec 1859] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis conomum Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 324. 1784 [Aug 1784] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis courtoisii H.Lév. Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona 12(22): 8 1916 — wfo-0000628843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis echinaceus Sprenger Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 19: 115 1894 — wfo-0001279427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis figarei Delile ex Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone sér. 3, 1: 57. 1847 [Feb 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis foetidissima Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 123 1817 — wfo-0001262708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis grossularia hort. ex Vilmorins Blumeng., ed. 3 Sieb. & Voss, i. 344 (1894), in syn. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351747
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis gurmia Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6726. 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis hilapikku Herb.Madr. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 6754. 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis himalensis Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 218, nomen. (Quid?). 1835 [24 Aug 1835] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis hytivus Jin F.Chen & J.H.Kirkbr. Brittonia 52(4): 315. 2001 [2000 publ. 2001] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis jucundus F.Muell. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3 1859 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis melo var. alwarensis A.Pandey & S.Rajkumar Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 68(2): 788. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200007454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis melonitrigonus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 18: 171 (1862) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628930
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis melopepo Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 303, in syn. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 4, 11: 10. 1859 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200024927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis metuliferus hort. ex Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone sér. 3, 1: 56 1847 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200041258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis missionis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6728. 1832 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis odoratissimus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 228. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis omissus Thulin Nordic J. Bot. 36(10)-e02056: 6. 2018 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000003669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis perpusillus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 11. 1790 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis picrocarpa F.Muell. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3 1859 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 1848 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis purpureus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 12. 1790 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628977
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis sativus subsp. hardwickii (Royle) Banfi & Galasso Ital. Botanist 9: 66. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200007841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis subhirsutus P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica (ed. 2) 353 1789 — wfo-0001285549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis trifoliatus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1279 (1759) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000629007
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis verrucosus Herb.Rottl. ex C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(6): 623. 1879 [May 1879] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cucumis verrucosus hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 244. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001351754