Cucumis indicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Cucumis
Subgenus: C. subg. Cucumis
Sectio: C. sect. Cucumella
Species: Cucumis indicus

Name

Cucumis indicus Ghebret. & Thulin, Novon 17(2): 177. 2007, nom. nov.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Melothria ritchiei Chakrav., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50: 898. 1952.
    • Typus: India. Bombay Presidency, Savantvadi State, Ram Ghat, D. Ritchie 67 (Holotype: E).
• Homotypic
  • Cucumella ritchiei (Chakrav.) C.Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 19: 215. 1965, non Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin.

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. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucumis indicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.