Cucumis 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:
Subspecies: C. m. subsp. leptodermis – C. m. subsp. myriocarpus

Name

Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 22 (1859).

  • 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

  • Homotypic
    • Cucumis africanus var. myriocarpus (Naudin) Burtt Davy, Man. Pl. Transvaal 1: 39 (1926).

References

Vernacular names

  • English: Prickly paddy melon, bitter apple, gooseberry gourd
  • 中文: 澳洲毒马泡
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