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Taxon:  Cucumis sativus L. var. sikkimensis Hook. f.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
310442
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6206. 1876
Verified:
02/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis sativus L. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannanesis ined. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 1978- 11:37.
  2. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  3. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  4. Kho, Y. O. et al. 1980. Interspecific hybridization in Cucumis L. II. The crossability of species, and investigation of in vivo pollen tube growth and seed set. Euphytica 29:661-672.
  5. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 120.
  6. Nesom, G. L. 2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 2011-13:16.
  7. Nokolova, V. et al. 2002. Possibilities for the use of remote hybridization in the genus Cucumis for the developmentof genetic diversity. Acta Hort. 579:39-43.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
brown-netted cucumber –
Khiva cucumber –
Nepalese cucumber –
red-netted cucumber –
Sikkim cucumber –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim], Nepal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=310442. Accessed 17 April 2026.

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