Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Cucumis melo Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Cucumis melo Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1011. 1753.

"Habitat - - - –” RCN: 7333.

Lectotype (Meeuse in Bothalia 8: 61. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 1152.8 (LINN).

Current name: Cucumis melo L. (Cucurbitaceae).

Note: See notes by Kirkbride (in Biosyst. Monogr. Cucumis: 81. 1993).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 465, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Cucumis
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
1152.8
Order
Cucurbitales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
melo
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cucumis melo Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007