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Taxon:  Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12580
Verified:
02/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis sativus L. (3 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. sikkimensis Hook. f. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannanesis Qi & Yuan ex S. S. Renner (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:581.
  2. Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 330.
  3. Huang, S. et al. 2009. The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. Nat. Genet. 41:1275-1281.
  4. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  5. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 84. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  10. Thulin, M. 2000. Distribution on Arabian Peninsula. pers. comm. via e-mail to J. H. Kirkbride, Jr. on 6 Apr
  11. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
cucumber –
gherkin –
French
concombre –
concombre commun –
cornichon –
German
Gurke –
India
khira –
Italian
cetriolino da sottaceto –
cetriolo –
cetriolo da tavola –
Japanese Rōmaji
ki-uri –
kyūri –
Portuguese
pepino –
Spanish
cohombro –
pepino –
Swedish
gurka –
Transcribed Chinese
huang gua –
Transcribed Korean
oi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human foodoil/fat Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Medicinesfolkloreas Cucumis sativusMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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=12580. Accessed 28 April 2025.