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

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

Description

Cucumis sativus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1012. 1753.

"Habitat - - - –” RCN: 7336.

Lectotype (ten Pas & al. in Taxon 34: 290, f. 1-3. 1985): Herb. Burser XVII: 97 (UPS).

Generitype of Cucumis Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 190. 1929).

Current name: Cucumis sativus L. (Cucurbitaceae).

Note: Jeffrey (in Kew Bull. 34: 794. 1980) designated the Hortus Cliffortianus diagnosis as the lectotype but a phrase name cannot serve as a type. Keraudren-Aymonin (in Aubréville & Leroy, Fl. Cambodge Laos Viêt-Nam 15: 72 (1975) similarly indicated as type a Hortus Cliffortianus illustration ("t. 451") which does not exist.

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
UPS
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Cucumis
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
97
Order
Cucurbitales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
sativus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cucumis sativus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007