Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

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. Aculeatosi
Species: Cucumis myriocarpus
Subspecies: Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

Name

Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus, autonym

• Typus: "Habitat in Africa australi. Specimina vidimus in Herbario Hookeriano ... prope Somerset et secus flumen Fat River in regione capensi collecta (Burke, Bowler). Fortassis quoque in Arabia et Africa seprentrionali indigenus est."

Synonyms

• Cucumis dissectifolius Naud.
• Cucumis grossularia Hort.
• Cucumis grossularoides Hort. ex Steud.
• Cucumis merxmuelleri Suess.
• Cucumis myriocarpus Naud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa NE-Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Naudin, C.V. 1859. Annales des Sciences Naturelles: 22.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis myriocarpus. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gooseberry gourd