Taxon:  Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser. (Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group)



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
464596
Place of publication:
Prodr. 3:300.  1828
Comment:
[or C. melo Cantalupensis 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. (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. 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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis Naudin
Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naudin

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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 Cantalupensis 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. Note: = Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. melo
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
  5. Lim, T. K. 2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 201-203. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
  6. Nesom, G. L. 2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 13:1-33. Note: = Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. melo
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English cantaloupe as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 1 Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:43.
English Charentais melon as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group 1 Lim, T. K. 2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 201-203. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
English muskmelon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 1 Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:43.
English netted melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = C. melo Cantalupensis Group
English nutmeg melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = C. melo Cantalupensis Group
English Persian melon as Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = C. melo Cantalupensis Group
English (Australia) rock melon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 2 Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
French mélon as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Kantalupe as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
German Zuckermelone as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese melão as Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitas Cucumis melo Reticulatus GroupLiberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group
Human foodfruitas Cucumis melo var. cantalupensisMunger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:43.
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=464596. Accessed 25 November 2024.