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Taxon:  Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. dudaim (L.) Naudin (Cucumis melo Dudaim Group)



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12568
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:69. 1859
Comment:
[or C. melo Dudaim Group]
Verified:
03/05/2012 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. chito (C. Morren) Naudin (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. 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 dudaim L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis dudaim L. var. dudaim

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Reference(s)
  1. Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Pl. Syst. Evol. 233:183-197. Note: appropriately recognized as distinct from var. chito
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: treats as Cucumis melo Dudaim Group
  3. 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.
  4. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 108. Note: = Cucumis melo L.
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Cucumis melo Dudaim Group
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44. Note: = Cucumis melo var. chito (C. Morren) Naudin
  8. Pitrat, M. et al. 2000. Some comments on infraspecific classification of cultivars of melon. Acta Hort. 510:29-36. Note: = Cucurbita melo subsp. melo var. dudaim
  9. 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).
Common names
English
dudaim melon –
pomegranate melon –
Queen Anne's pocket melon –
stink melon –
German
Zier-Melone –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    sometimes natzd.
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Pl. Syst. Evol. 233:183-197. Note: appropriately recognized as distinct from var. chito
Weed  Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Pl. Syst. Evol. 233:183-197. Note: appropriately recognized as distinct from var. chito
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=12568. Accessed 10 May 2025.