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> 69<br />
20. Cucumis prophetarum L., Cent. I. Pl. 33. 1755.<br />
Type: Arabia, D. Hasselquist. Lectotype: Herb. Linn. No. 1152.4 (LINN), designated<br />
by Jeffrey (1962).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya<br />
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Pakistan to North Africa.<br />
Images: See eflora<strong>of</strong>india at https://sites.google.com/site/eflora<strong>of</strong>india/species/a---l/cl/<br />
cucurbitaceae/cucumis/cucumis-prophetarum<br />
Flora <strong>of</strong> Pakistan http://www.tropicos.org/Name/9200833?projectid=32<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Renner et al. (2007) and Sebastian et al. (2010), e.g.,<br />
DQ785879, DQ785837.<br />
21. Cucumis ritchiei (C.B. Clarke) Ghebretinsae & Thulin, Novon 17(2): 178. 2007.<br />
Dicoelospermum ritchiei C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. <strong>India</strong> 2: 630. 1879.<br />
Mukia ritchiei (C.B. Clarke) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 34: 45.<br />
2006.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Karnataka, Bombay Presidency, Belgaum, D. Ritchie 316 (K).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu. Endemic.<br />
Photos taken at Fort Panhala in Kolhapur District: http://farm9.staticflickr.<br />
com/8305/7859345614_e613f0019d_m.jpg<br />
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8284/7859384216_f591b5418d_m.jpg<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Kocyan et al. (2007) and Sebastian et al. (2010), e.g.,<br />
DQ536546, HM597095.<br />
Comments: Molecular phylogenetic data show that the former genus Dicaelospermum<br />
is embedded among the Asian species <strong>of</strong> Cucumis.<br />
22. Cucumis sativus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1012. 1753.<br />
Lectotype: Herb. Burser 17: 97 (UPS), designated by ten Pas et al., Taxon 34: 290. f.<br />
1–3. 1985.<br />
Cucumis sativus var. sikkimensis Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6206. 1876.<br />
Type: Commonly cultivated in the Eastern Himalaya Mountains, 1848; Hooker s.n.<br />
Cucumis hardwickii Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 220. t. 47. 1835.<br />
Type: Northwestern <strong>India</strong>, J.F. Royle s.n. (LIV).<br />
Cucumis sativus L. forma hardwickii (Royle) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, Sandakania 17:<br />
58. 2008.<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: All evidence points to northern <strong>India</strong> (Ganges region) as the<br />
place where wild cucumbers were first cultivated and where wild populations still
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