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Taxon:  Cucumis picrocarpus F. Muell.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
464820
Place of publication:
Trans. Philos. Inst. Victoria 3:46. 1859 "picrocarpa"
Verified:
04/04/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) Note: = Cucumis melo
  2. Paris, H. S. et al. 2012. Medieval emergence of sweet melons, Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 110:23-33. Note: cites
  3. Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269-14273.
  4. Telford, I. R. H. et al. 2011. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to C. melo. Syst. Bot. 36:376-389. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Telford, I. R. H. et al. 2011. A new Australian species of Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) and typification of two Australian Cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by Ferdinan Mueller in 1856. PhytoKeys 5:21-29. Note: lectotypifies
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
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=464820. Accessed 8 May 2025.