The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cucurbitaceae</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong> 65<br />
GenBank: AM981182 from an unpublished paper.<br />
Comments: <strong>The</strong> species is used as an anthelmintic (Chopra et al., 1956).<br />
13. Corallocarpus schimperi (Naudin) Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 567. 1871.<br />
Rhynchocarpa schimperi Naudin, Ann. Sc. Nat., sér. 4, 16: 180. 1862.<br />
Type: Ethiopia, Sera-Walqua, Schimper 413 (P).<br />
Corallocarpus velutinus (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Hook.f. ex C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. <strong>India</strong><br />
2(6): 628. 1879.<br />
Aechmandra velutina Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay Fl. 200. 1861.<br />
Type: W. Pakistan, Dalzell 41 (K).<br />
Corallocarpus courbonii (Naudin) Cogn. A. & C. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 655. 1881.<br />
Type: A plant cultivated in Paris from seeds sent from Ethiopia, A. Courbon 334<br />
(P P00346198, http://plants.jstor.org/search?plantName=Rhynchocarpa%20<br />
courbonii).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Unclear.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Pakistan and tropical East Africa and Arabia<br />
Image: See Flora <strong>of</strong> Pakistan: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/9201617?projectid=32<br />
GenBank: No published sequences available.<br />
Comments: <strong>The</strong> supposed three species <strong>of</strong> Corallocarpus in <strong>India</strong> are in urgent need <strong>of</strong><br />
taxonomic study.<br />
14. Cucumis hystrix Chakrav., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4): 896. pl. 6. 1952.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Meghalaya [earlier in Assam], Garo Hills, Tura Mountain, alt. 3000 ft;<br />
November 1929; N.E. Parry 859 (K).<br />
Cucumis muriculatus Chakrav., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4): 896. 1952.<br />
Type: Myanmar, Ruby Mines District, Oct. 1912, J. H. Lace 6325 (E), here synonymized<br />
by Kirkbride (1993).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Myanmar, N and W Thailand, SW China.<br />
Image: http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000742801<br />
http://ts-den.aluka.org/fsi/img/size1/alukaplant/e/phase_01/e0000/e00301190.jpg<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Renner et al. (2007), Sebastian et al. (2010), and many<br />
others, e.g., HM597016, HM597017.<br />
Comments: Based on molecular data, Cucumis has about 25 species in Asia and Australia.<br />
Cucumis hystrix is the closest wild relative <strong>of</strong> the cucumber, Cucumis sativus<br />
(Sebastian et al., 2010).
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