Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 3rd, D, 275

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1011. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)
Annotation: as "Anguria"

Type-Protologue

Locality: Habitat in Jamaica

Distribution: Jamaica

Type Specimens

• LT: ; ; Jamaica. Plant cultivated at Uppsala, Sweden LT designated by Jeffrey in Stoffers & Lindeman (ed.), Fl. Suriname 5(1): 486 (1984); also by Staples (1989); and by Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 39 (1993)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cucurbitaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Cucumis L.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Flora of Panama , IPCN , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru

Common Names:

• bur gherkin (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• goar-berry gourd (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• gooseberry gourd (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Sandía de ratón (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & S. Knapp. 1995. Psilotaceae a Salviniaceae. 1: i–xxi, 1–470. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
• West Indian gherkin (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: BCA, BOL, CEC, FTEA, FVG, PAN, FNA