Cucumis prophetarum subsp. prophetarum

Cucumis prophetarum subsp. prophetarum

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 prophetarum
Subspecies: Cucumis prophetarum subsp. prophetarum

Name

Cucumis prophetarum L. subsp. prophetarum (autonym)

Synonyms

• Cucumis amarus Stocks ex T. Anders.
• Cucumis anguria Forssk.
• Cucumis arabicus Del. ex Naud.
• Cucumis foetidus Salisb.
• Cucumis mascatensis Gand.
• Cucumis pustulatus var. echinophorus A. Terrac.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, N-Nigeria, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, N-Tanzania, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan), NW-India, Socotra, Samha Isl., Abd-al-Kuri Isl., S-Algeria (south of Hoggar), S-Saharan Mts., Morocco, Libya, Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt) Continental: Asia-Temperate Iran (S-Iran), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, Negev Desert, N-Israel), Jordania (S-Jordania), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1755. Centuria I. Plantarum. Upsaliae, exc. L.M. Höjer. BHL Reference page. : 1: 33.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucumis prophetarum. 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.