Cucumis hirsutus

Cucumis hirsutus

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. Humifructus

Species: Cucumis hirsutus

Name

Cucumis hirsutus Sond., Fl. Cap. 2: 497 1862.

Synonyms

• Cucumis gossweileri C.Norman
• Cucumis homblei De Wild.
• Cucumis seretii De Wild.
• Cucumis seretioides Suess.
• Cucumis sonderi Cogn.
• Cucumis welwitschii Cogn.
• Cucumis wildemanianus Cogn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Cameroon, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, ?Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Botswana, Madagasca References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sonder, O.W., in W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder, 1862. Flora Capensis 2:497.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cucumis hirsutus. Accessed: 2023 Jun 9.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cucumis hirsutus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cucumis hirsutus. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 292208-1. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cucumis hirsutus. Accessed: 9 Jun 2023 292208-1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cucumis hirsutus. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jun 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cucumis hirsutus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jun 2023.

Vernacular names

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