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{{otheruses|Cucumis (disambiguation)}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cucumis''
| image = Melon.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = melon
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cucumis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
* ''[[Cucumis anguria]]''
* ''[[Cucumis dipsaceus]]''
* ''[[Cucumis ficifolius]]''
* ''[[Cucumis humifructus]]'' (aardvark cucumber)
* ''[[Cucumis melo]]'' (melon)
* ''[[Cucumis metuliferus]]'' (horned melon)
* ''[[Cucumis myriocarpus]]''
* ''[[Cucumis prophetarum]]''
* ''[[Cucumis sativus]]'' (cucumber)
}}
'''''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]].
==See also==
*[[Cucumber]]
*[[Melon]]
*[[Horned melon]]
*[[Bailan melon]]
*[[Cantaloupe]]
*[[Galia (melon)|Galia]]
*[[Hami Melon]]
*[[Honeydew (melon)|Honeydew]]
*[[Muskmelon]]
*[[Piel de Sapo]]
*[[Sugar melon]]
*[[Winter melon]]
==References==
* 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.
* {{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}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cucumis.html Multilingual taxonomic information at the University of Melbourne]
* {{ITIS|ID=22359}}
{{fruit-stub}}
{{vegetable-stub}}
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cucumis''
| image = Melon.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = melon
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cucumis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
* ''[[Cucumis anguria]]''
* ''[[Cucumis dipsaceus]]''
* ''[[Cucumis ficifolius]]''
* ''[[Cucumis humifructus]]'' (aardvark cucumber)
* ''[[Cucumis melo]]'' (melon)
* ''[[Cucumis metuliferus]]'' (horned melon)
* ''[[Cucumis myriocarpus]]''
* ''[[Cucumis prophetarum]]''
* ''[[Cucumis sativus]]'' (cucumber)
}}
'''''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]].
==See also==
*[[Cucumber]]
*[[Melon]]
*[[Horned melon]]
*[[Bailan melon]]
*[[Cantaloupe]]
*[[Galia (melon)|Galia]]
*[[Hami Melon]]
*[[Honeydew (melon)|Honeydew]]
*[[Muskmelon]]
*[[Piel de Sapo]]
*[[Sugar melon]]
*[[Winter melon]]
==References==
* 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.
* {{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}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cucumis.html Multilingual taxonomic information at the University of Melbourne]
* {{ITIS|ID=22359}}
{{fruit-stub}}
{{vegetable-stub}}
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
