Taxonavigation

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Oreosyce
Species: O. africana

Name

Oreosyce Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 548. (1871)

• Type species: Oreosyce africana Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 548. (1871)
  

Note: Schaefer (2007) synonymised this genus under Cucumis possibly in Cucumis sect. Aculeatosi J.H.Kirkbr. (1993), however, the type species has not been satisfactorily dealt with. It could be an synonym of Cucumis oreosyce H. Schaef. (Hassler, 2022), Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. (Thulin, Heidari & Larsson, 2018) or an accepted combination. This taxon page should remain until the problem is resolved.

References

• Hooker, J.D. 1871. Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 548.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Oreosyce in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 14. Reference page.  as Oreosyce africana
• Hassler, M. 2022. Oreosyce. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 14. Reference page.  as Cucumis oreosyce
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Oreosyce. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 14 2022.
• 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. 
• 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 . Reference page. 
• 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.