Taxon:  Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. inodorus H. Jacq. (Cucumis melo Inodorus Group)



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12571
Place of publication:
Monogr. melon 173.  1832
Comment:
[or C. melo Inodorus 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. (2 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. 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. var. melo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
  3. Kammer, 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) 110. Note: = Cucumis melo L.
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as var. inodorus Naudin; = Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
  6. Lim, T. K. 2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 210-218. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44. Note: lists as var. inodorus Naudin
  9. Nesom, G. L. 2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13:1-33.
  10. Pitrat, M. et al. 2000. Some comments on infraspecific classification of cultivars of melon. Acta Hort. 510:29-36. Note: as a Central Asian, adromonoecious taxon
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Canary melon as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group 1 Lim, T. K. 2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 210-218. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
English casaba melon as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as var. inodorus Naudin; = Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
English honeydew melon as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as var. inodorus Naudin; = Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
English winter melon 1 Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44. Note: lists as var. inodorus Naudin
German Honig-Melone as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Inodorus Group
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
2CultivatedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitcultivated as dessert melon in Central Asia and SpainNesom, G. L. 2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13:1-33.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=12571. Accessed 25 November 2024.