Taxon:  Cucumis trigonus Roxb.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12581
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:722.  1832 "trigonis"
Comment:
spelling corrected on recommendation of W. Greuter (via e-mail on 21 Jun 2013)
Verified:
09/04/2001 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
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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:31. Note: = C. callosus (Rottler) Cogn.
  2. Garcia-Mas, J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among Cucumis species based on the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequence and microsatellite markers. Pl. Syst. Evol. 248:191-203.
  3. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 115. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
  4. 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. Note: this study examined one USDA accession (AMES 24297) as "Cucumis trigonus" that it was resolved among other accessions of Cucumis melo; this study concluded that "C. trigonus" represents one of the wild progenitors of melon
Common names
Distribution
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=12581. Accessed 23 November 2024.