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Taxon:  Cucumis pustulatus Hook. f.



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12578
Place of publication:
D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:544. 1871
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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis figarei auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
  2. Dane, F. 1976. Chromosme studies in the genus Cucumis. Euphytica 25:367-374.
  3. Ghazanfar, S. A. Flora of Oman. 2003-
  4. Guillaume, R. & N. Boissot. 2001. Resistance to Diaphania hyalinata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Cucumis species. J. Econ. Entomol. 94:719-723.
  5. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  6. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 61.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Nuñez-Palenius, H. G. et al. 2011. Chapter 9. Muskmelon embryo rescue techniques using in vitro embryo culture. Plant embryo culture: wethods and protocols. 2011 710:107-115.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger, Nigeria
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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=12578. Accessed 17 April 2026.

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