Cucumis heptadactylus Naudin GRIN-Global

Taxon: Cucumis heptadactylus Naudin

Summary

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Aculeatosi

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

12558

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:24. 1859

Verified:

02/05/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al. 2007. Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94:1256-1266.
Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al. 2007. Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94:1256-1266.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 34.
Matsumuto, Y. & M. Miyagi. 2012. Ploidy estimation in West Indian gherkin, horned melon and wild Cucumis spp. by flow cytometry. J. Hort. Forest. 4:111-113.
Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:169.
Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269-14273.
Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269-14273.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North West
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Northern Cape

Native
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, North West, Northern Cape]

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=12558. Accessed 17 April 2026.