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Taxon:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin (
Cucumis melo
Chito Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12567
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:67. 1859
Comment:
[or
C. melo
Chito Group]
Verified:
02/06/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucumis chito
C. Morren
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Reference(s)
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Note:
treats as
Cucumis melo
Chito Group
Hammer, K. & T. Gladis.
2014. Notes on infraspecific nomenclature and classifications of cultivated plants in Compositae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Gramineae (with a remark on
Triticum dicoccon
Schrank) and Leguminosae.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
61:1455-1467.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr.
1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) 107.
Note:
=
Cucumis melo
L.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Note:
=
Cucumis melo
Chito Group
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson.
1991. Nomenclature of
Cucumis melo
L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
1943. Gentes Herbarum 6:320.
Common names
English
garden-lemon –
Reference(s)
mango melon –
Reference(s)
melon-apple –
Reference(s)
orange melon –
Reference(s)
vegetable-orange –
Reference(s)
vine-peach –
Reference(s)
German
Apfel-Melone –
Reference(s)
Orangen-Melone –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
sometimes natzd.
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
REGION:
United States
(sometimes natzd.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Note:
=
Cucumis melo
Chito Group
Human food
fruit
used in pickles and preserves
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human food
fruit
used in pickles and preserves
1943. Gentes Herbarum 6:320.
Weed
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12567
. Accessed
10 May 2025
.
Name
References