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| name = ''Cucumis''
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
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| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
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| familia = Cucurbitaceae
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| genus = '''''Cucumis'''''
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| genus = Cucumis
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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Cucumis (old Latin name). Cucurbitaceae. Tendril-bearing soft tender herbs, some of which are grown for their edible fruits.
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Annual or perennial- rooted (the common cult. species annual), with large alternate entire or palmately lobed or dissected Lvs.: monoecious (rarely dioecious); sterile fls. in clusters, not lone-stalked, the fertile ones solitary and mostly short-stalked in the axils; corolla of 5 deep acute lobes; stamens not united; stigmas 3, obtuse: tendrils simple: fr. a pepo, mostly 3-celled, usually indehiscent, fleshy or thick, globular, oblong or cylindrical, sometimes echinate, many-seeded.— About 30 species of villous or spinescent climbers and trailers with annual sts., in warm parts of the globe, most abundant in Afr.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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* ''[[Cucumis anguria]]''
 
* ''[[Cucumis anguria]]''
 
* ''[[Cucumis dipsaceus]]''
 
* ''[[Cucumis dipsaceus]]''
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* ''[[Cucumis prophetarum]]''
 
* ''[[Cucumis prophetarum]]''
 
* ''[[Cucumis sativus]]'' (cucumber)
 
* ''[[Cucumis sativus]]'' (cucumber)
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'''''Cucumis''''' is a genus of [[vine|twining]], [[tendril]]-bearing plants in the [[Cucurbitaceae]] [[family(biology)|family]] which includes the [[cucumber]], true [[melon|melons]], the [[horned melon]], and [[Cucumis anguria]], the West Indian [[gherkin]].
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*C. acutangulus, Hort.= Luffa.{{SCH}}
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*C. Citrullus, Ser.= Citrullus vulgaris.{{SCH}}
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*C. Colocynthis, Linn.= CitruIlus Colocynthis.{{SCH}}
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*C. metuliferus, Mey. Hispid annual, with palmately somewhat 3-lobed cordate petiolate Lvs., and oblong-obtuse spiny fr., about 4 in. long. S. Afr.{{SCH}}
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*C. perennis, James = Cucurbita.{{SCH}}
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*C. prophetarum, Linn. Slender perennial with ashy scabrous long-stalked mostly 3-5- lobed Lvs., and longitudinally white-striped softly spinose fr. 1-1¾  in. long. Afr.{{SCH}}
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*C. Vilmorinii, Hort. A plant of unrecorded origin, with cut lvs. and abundance of canary-yellow soft-spined frs.{{SCH}}
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==Gallery==
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==See also==
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<gallery>
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*[[Cucumber]]
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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*[[Melon]]
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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*[[Horned melon]]
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Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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*[[Bailan melon]]
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*[[Cantaloupe]]
 
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*[[Galia (melon)|Galia]]
 
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*[[Hami Melon]]
 
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*[[Honeydew (melon)|Honeydew]]
 
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*[[Muskmelon]]
 
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*[[Piel de Sapo]]
 
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*[[Sugar melon]]
 
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*[[Winter melon]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
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* Ghebretinsae, A. G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J. C. (2007). Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of ''Cucumis'' and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). ''American Journal of Botany'' 94(7): 1256–1266.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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* {{cite journal| last = Renner, S. S.| first = Schaefer, H. & Kocyan, A.| title = Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo)| journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology| volume = 7| year = 2007| pages = 58-69| doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-7-58}}
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cucumis.html Multilingual taxonomic information at the University of Melbourne]
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Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names

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Read about Cucumis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Cucumis (old Latin name). Cucurbitaceae. Tendril-bearing soft tender herbs, some of which are grown for their edible fruits.

Annual or perennial- rooted (the common cult. species annual), with large alternate entire or palmately lobed or dissected Lvs.: monoecious (rarely dioecious); sterile fls. in clusters, not lone-stalked, the fertile ones solitary and mostly short-stalked in the axils; corolla of 5 deep acute lobes; stamens not united; stigmas 3, obtuse: tendrils simple: fr. a pepo, mostly 3-celled, usually indehiscent, fleshy or thick, globular, oblong or cylindrical, sometimes echinate, many-seeded.— About 30 species of villous or spinescent climbers and trailers with annual sts., in warm parts of the globe, most abundant in Afr. CH


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Cultivation

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Pests and diseases

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Species

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SCH:

  • C. acutangulus, Hort.= Luffa.CH
  • C. Citrullus, Ser.= Citrullus vulgaris.CH
  • C. Colocynthis, Linn.= CitruIlus Colocynthis.CH
  • C. metuliferus, Mey. Hispid annual, with palmately somewhat 3-lobed cordate petiolate Lvs., and oblong-obtuse spiny fr., about 4 in. long. S. Afr.CH
  • C. perennis, James = Cucurbita.CH
  • C. prophetarum, Linn. Slender perennial with ashy scabrous long-stalked mostly 3-5- lobed Lvs., and longitudinally white-striped softly spinose fr. 1-1¾ in. long. Afr.CH
  • C. Vilmorinii, Hort. A plant of unrecorded origin, with cut lvs. and abundance of canary-yellow soft-spined frs.CH

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