Cucumis
melon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Cucumis L.
Species
Cucumis anguria Cucumis dipsaceus Cucumis ficifolius Cucumis humifructus (aardvark cucumber) Cucumis melo (melon) Cucumis metuliferus (horned melon) Cucumis myriocarpus Cucumis prophetarum Cucumis sativus (cucumber)

Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Cucurbitaceae family which includes the cucumber, true melons, the horned melon, and Cucumis anguria, the West Indian gherkin.

See also

• Cucumber
• Melon
• Horned melon
• Bailan melon
• Cantaloupe
• Galia
• Hami Melon
• Honeydew
• Muskmelon
• Piel de Sapo
• Sugar melon
• Winter melon

References

• Ghebretinsae, A. G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J. C. (2007). Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). American Journal of Botany 94(7): 1256–1266.
• Renner, S. S., Schaefer, H. & Kocyan, A. (2007). "Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 58–69. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-58. 

External links

• Multilingual taxonomic information at the University of Melbourne
• TSN 22359. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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