The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
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Susanne S. Renner & Arun K. Pandey / PhytoKeys 20: 53–118 (2013)<br />
15. Cucumis indicus Ghebretinsae & Thulin, Novon 17(2): 177. 2007.<br />
Melothria ritchiei Chakrav., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4): 898, fig. A–K. 1952.<br />
Cucumella ritchiei (Chakrav.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 19: 215. 1965, non Cucumis ritchiei<br />
(C.B. Clarke) Ghebretinsae & Thulin.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Maharasthra, Bombay Presidency, Savantvadi State, Ram Ghat, D. Ritchie<br />
67 (BM, E; http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/e00187895).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Kerala, Maharashtra (Naithani, 1990). Endemic.<br />
Image: http://ts-den.aluka.org/fsi/img/size2/alukaplant/e/phase_01/e0005/e00187895.jpg<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Sebastian et al. (2010), e.g., HM597078, HM596966.<br />
Comments: Molecular phylogenetic data show that the former genus Dicaelospermum,<br />
with the species D. ritchiei C.B. Clarke (1879), is nested inside Cucumis. <strong>The</strong> resulting<br />
nomenclatural transfer meant that the epithet “ritchiei” is occupied within<br />
the genus. A replacement name therefore became necessary with the transfer <strong>of</strong><br />
Melothria ritchiei to Cucumis.<br />
16. Cucumis javanicus (Miq.) Ghebretinsae & Thulin, Novon 17(2). 177. 2007.<br />
Karivia javanica Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 661. 1855.<br />
Mukia javanica (Miq.) C. Jeffrey in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 37: 3, pl. 3661. 1969.<br />
Melothria javanica (Miq.) Panigrahi & Misra, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 416. 1984.<br />
Type: Java, T. Horsfield s.n. (BM, K, U).<br />
Melothria assamica Chakrav., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4): 897.1952.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Assam, Cachar, R. L. Keenan s. n. (K).<br />
Melothria assamica Chakrav. var. scabra Chakrav., J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4):<br />
898. 1952.<br />
Melothria javanica (Miq.) Panigrahi & Misra var. scabra (Chakrav.) Naithani, Flowering<br />
Plants <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Nepal & Bhutan 179. 1990.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Assam, Goalpara, Chirang Duar, Dec. 1890, King’s collector s.n. (CAL, 2<br />
sheets, photos available from SSR).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Assam.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Java, China, and Thailand.<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Renner et al. (2007) and Sebastian et al. (2010), e.g.,<br />
HM597079, EF174484.<br />
Comment: De Wilde and Duyfjes (2006a) synonymized Melothria assamica under<br />
Cucumis javanicus, which they treated as Mukia javanica, a genus that based on<br />
molecular data, however, is deeply nested inside Cucumis.
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