Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Cucumis
Subgenera: C. subg. Cucumis –
C. subg. Humifructus
Species: C. aculeatus –
C. aetheocarpus –
C. africanus –
C. althaeoides –
C. anguria –
C. argenteus –
C. asper –
C. baladensis –
C. bryoniifolius –
C. callosus –
C. canoxyi –
C. carolinus –
C. cinereus –
C. clavipetiolatus –
C. costatus –
C. debilis –
C. dipsaceus –
C. engleri –
C. ficifolius –
C. globosus –
C. gracilis –
C. hastatus –
C. heptadactylus –
C. hirsutus –
C. humifructus –
C. hystrix –
C. indicus –
C. insignis –
C. javanicus –
C. jeffreyanus –
C. kalahariensis –
C. kelleri –
C. kirkbridei –
C. leiospermus –
C. maderaspatanus –
C. meeusei –
C. melo –
C. messorius –
C. metulifer –
C. metuliferus –
C. myriocarpus –
C. omissus –
C. picrocarpus –
C. prolatior –
C. prophetarum –
C. pubituberculatus –
C. pustulatus –
C. queenslandicus –
C. quintanilhae –
C. reticulatus –
C. rigidus –
C. ritchiei –
C. rostratus –
C. rumphianus –
C. sacleuxii –
C. sagittatus –
C. sativus –
C. silentvalleyi –
C. thulinianus –
C. umbellatus –
C. variabilis –
C. zambianus –
C. zeyheri
Name
Cucumis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1011 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 442 (1754).
- Lectotype species: Cucumis sativus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1012 (1753), designated by N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Scient. Surv. Porto Rico 6: 264. 31 Aug 1925, supported by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 190. Aug 1929.
Synonyms
- Heterotypic
- Cucumella Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 183. (1929).
- Dicoelospermum C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India (J.D.Hooker) 2(6): 605, 630. (1879).
- Dicaelosperma E.G.O.Müll. & Pax, orth. var.
- Dicaelospermum C.B.Clarke, orth. var.
- Hymenosicyos Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 62. (1911).
- Melo Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754).
- Mukia Arn., Madras J. Lit. Sci. 12: 50. (1840).
- Myrmecosicyos C.Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 15: 357. (1962).
- Oreosyce Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. (Oliver & al.) 2: 548. (1871) except O. africana
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1011. Reference page.
- Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 442. Reference page.
Additional references
- Ghebretinsae, A.G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J.C. 2007. Nomenclatural Changes in Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Novon 17(2): 176–178. DOI: 10.3417/1055-3177(2007)17[176:NCICC]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR BHL Reference page.
- Renner, S.S. & Schaefer, H. 2008. Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) as understood in 2008. Proceedings of the IXth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucurbitaceae. INRA, Avignon, France, 21-24 May, 2008: 53–58. PDF Reference page.
- Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52(1): 165–177. DOI: 10.3767/000651907X612427
ResearchGate Reference page. - Telford, I.R.H., Schaefer, H., Greuter, W. & Renner, S.S. 2011. A new Australian species of Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) and typification of two Australian Cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by Ferdinand Mueller in 1856. PhytoKeys 5: 21–29. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.5.1395. Reference page. . Refers to Cucumis picrocarpus
- Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. 2011. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2): 376–389 DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569561 BioOne ResearchGate Reference page.
- Thulin, M., Heidari, N. Larsson, A. 2018. Cucumis omissus sp. nov. (Cucurbitaceae) from southern Arabia and Ethiopia and its phylogenetic position. Nordic Journal of Botany 36(10): p.e02056. DOI: 10.1111/njb.02056
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Links
- Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cucumis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 Apr 15.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cucumis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 15. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2020. Cucumis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 15. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2014. Cucumis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
- International Plant Names Index. 2014. Cucumis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.
Vernacular names
العربية: قثد
azərbaycanca: Xiyar
беларуская: Агурок
বাংলা: শশা
dansk: Agurk
Deutsch: Gurken
dolnoserbski: Górka
English: Cucumber, Gerkin, Zucchini
eesti: Kurk
suomi: Kurkut
Nordfriisk: Gurken
hornjoserbsce: Kórka
日本語: キュウリ属
한국어: 오이속
lietuvių: Agurkas
latviešu: gurķi
norsk: Agurker
polski: Ogórek
svenska: Gurksläktet
తెలుగు: కుకుమిస్
中文: 甜瓜属
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