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Taxon:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller (
Cucumis melo
Momordica Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
314609
Place of publication:
Field & garden crops 2:50. 1883
Comment:
[or
C. melo
Momordica 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.
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.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(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 momordica
Roxb.
No images
Reference(s)
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
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) 111.
Note:
=
Cucumis melo
L.
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.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Nesom, G. L.
2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae.
Phytoneuron
13:1-33.
Pitrat, M. et al.
2000. Some comments on infraspecific classification of cultivars of melon. Acta Hort. 510:29-36.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Staub, J. E. et al.
1997. Comparison of isozyme and random amplified polymorphic DNA data for determining intraspecific variation in
Cucumis
.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
44:258.
Common names
English
phoot –
Reference(s)
snap melon –
Reference(s)
German
Schnapp-Melone –
Reference(s)
India
phut –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson.
1991. Nomenclature of
Cucumis melo
L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44.
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=314609
. Accessed
10 May 2025
.
Name
References