Characteristics
Dicots
Cucumis melo L.
CANTALOUPE
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Not Native
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Classification
Citation
CUCUMIS MELO Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1011. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 1152.8). Lectotypified by Meeuse, Bothalia 8: 61. 1962.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Bradford
FSU
Brevard
FSU
Broward
USF
Charlotte
USF
Collier
USF
Escambia
FSU
Franklin
FSU
Gadsden
FSU
Gilchrist
USF
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Bryonia callosa
Bryonia callosa Rottler, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 210. 1803.
TYPE: INDIA: Madras: Without data, Rottler s.n. (holotype: K).
Cucumis acidus
Cucumis acidus Jacquin, Observ. Bot. 4: 14. 1771.
Cucumis albus
Cucumis albus Nakai, Rigakukai 13(9): 14. 1916.
Cucumis albus var. flavescens
Cucumis albus Nakai, var. flavescens Nakai, Rigakukai 13(9): 15. 1916.
Cucumis arenarius
Cucumis arenarius Schumacher & Thonning, in Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 426. 1827.
Cucumis bisexualis
Cucumis bisexualis A. M. Lu & G. C. Wang, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4: 126, f. 1-6. 1984.
TYPE: CHINA: Shandong: Ningyang, s.d., Wang 01 (holotype: PE).
Cucumis callosus
Cucumis callosus (Rottler) Cogniaux ex Cogniaux & Harms, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 88): 129. 1924.
BASIONYM: Bryonia callosa Rottler 1803.
Cucumis campechianus
Cucumis campechianus Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 122. 1817.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Cucumis cantalupensis
Cucumis cantalupensis Haberle ex M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 69. 1846, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Cucumis cantalupo (Seringe) Reichenbach 1838; Cucumis melo Linnaeus, var. cantalupo Seringe 1828.
Cucumis cantalupo
Cucumis cantalupo (Seringe) Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 295. 1832.
BASIONYM: Cucumis melo Linnaeus, var. cantalupo Seringe 1828.
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Gilchrist, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, New Hanover, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Puntarenas
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2019
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