Cucumis hystrix Chakrav. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Cucumis hystrix Chakrav.

Summary

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Cucumis

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

404413

Place of publication:

J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50(4):896. 1952

Verified:

02/06/1996 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)

Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 1978- 11:32.
Chen, J.-F. & J. H. Kirkbride, Jr. 2000. A new synthetic species of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) from interspecific hybridization and chromosome doubling. Brittonia 52:315-319.
Chen, J.-F. & X.-H. Zhou. 2011. Cucumis. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, vegetables. 2011 6:67-90.
De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2007. The wild species of Cucumis L. (Cucurbitaceae) in South-East Asia. Adansonia sér. 3, 29:239-248.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). 1993 86.
Lebeda, A. et al. 2007. Chapter 8. Cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae; Cucumis spp., Cucurbita spp., Citrullus spp.). Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement. 2005- 3:271-376.
Renner, S. S. et al. 2007. Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo). B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 7:58 DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-7-58
Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:167.
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.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Zhou, X.-H. et al. 2009. Molecular analysis of introgression lines from Cucumis hystrix Chakr. to C. sativus L. Sci. Hort. 119:232-235.
Zhou, X.-H. et al. 2009. Molecular analysis of introgression lines from Cucumis hystrix Chakr. to C. sativus L. Sci. Hort. 119:232-235.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Assam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Meghalaya
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Mizoram
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Yunnan]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram]
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand

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=404413. Accessed 17 April 2026.