Characteristics
Dicots
Cucumis melo L.
CANTALOUPE
**
**
Not Native
**
Classification
CUCURBITALES
Cucumis melo L. - CANTALOUPE
Citation
CUCUMIS MELO Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1011. 1753.
**
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

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Florida
Broward Co.
19 Oct 1985
10554
B. F. Hansen
USA
Florida
Charlotte Co.
25 Jun 1991
PB0052
S. Erickson
USA
Florida
Collier Co.
01 May 1965
28539
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Gilchrist Co.
s.d.
4 Aug 2015
M. Minno
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
30 Oct 2009
WW0137
C. vanHoek
USA
Florida
Highlands Co.
14 Oct 1983
2356
J. Popenoe
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
14 Dec 2005
s.n.
S. Dickman
USA
Florida
Miami-Dade Co.
06 Oct 1979
2166
G. N. Avery
USA
Florida
Miami-Dade Co.
06 Aug 1997
431
K. A. Bradley
USA
Florida
Okaloosa Co.
11 Oct 2003
19587
J. R. Burkhalter
Plant Photos
Cucumis melo - 189
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Cucumis melo - 189
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Cucumis melo - 200
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Cucumis melo - 200
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