Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Cucumis
Subgenus: C. subg. Cucumis
Sectio: C. sect. Aculeatosi
Species: Cucumis myriocarpus
Subspecies: Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus

Name

Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus, autonym

  • Typus: "Habitat in Africa australi. Specimina vidimus in Herbario Hookeriano ... prope Somerset et secus flumen Fat River in regione capensi collecta (Burke, Bowler). Fortassis quoque in Arabia et Africa seprentrionali indigenus est."

Synonyms

  • Cucumis dissectifolius Naud.
  • Cucumis grossularia Hort.
  • Cucumis grossularoides Hort. ex Steud.
  • Cucumis merxmuelleri Suess.
  • Cucumis myriocarpus Naud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • NE-Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Gooseberry gourd
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