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Details for: Cucumis melo
Source: Henning, T., Holstein, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2017): Cucurbitaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
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Name: Cucumis melo L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1011. 1753
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Cucurbitales Bercht. & J. Presl
                              Familia - Cucurbitaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Cucumis L.
                                       
Heterotypic synonyms: Cucumis acidus Jacq.
Cucumis callosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis chate L.
Cucumis dudaim L.
Cucumis flexuosus L.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
Melo agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo
Melo dudaim (L.) Sageret
Melo sativus Vassilcz.
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin
Invalid designations: Citrullus melo Ozenda, des. inval.
 
Common names: aficòs (Valencian), albudeca (Spanish, Castillian), alficòs (Catalan), alficos (Valencian), alficòs (Valencian), alficos de Valencia (Spanish, Castillian), alficoso (Spanish, Castillian), alficossera (Valencian), alficòssera (Valencian), alpicoz (Spanish, Castillian), amficòs (Catalan), amficòs (Valencian), badea (Spanish, Castillian), cedraso (Spanish, Castillian), cogombre (Catalan), cogombro (Spanish, Castillian), cogombro anguino (Spanish, Castillian), cogombro dulce (Spanish, Castillian), cogombro luengo que se tuerce a modo de culebra (Spanish, Castillian), cogombro luengo y serpentino (Spanish, Castillian), cohombro (Spanish, Castillian), cohombro culebrino (Spanish, Castillian), cohombro dulce (Spanish, Castillian), cohombro serpentino (Spanish, Castillian), cohombros (Spanish, Castillian), maló (Catalan), melâo (Portuguese), melão (Portuguese), melâo cantalupo (Portuguese), melâo de casca de carvalho (Portuguese), melâo de cheiro (Portuguese), melâo serpentario (Portuguese), melâo serpentino (Portuguese), melão-de-cheiro (Portuguese), melão-de-inverno (Portuguese), mellâo do inverno (Portuguese), meló (Catalan), meló (Majorcan), meló (Valencian), meló alficòs (Valencian), meló d´olor (Catalan), meló de tot l´any (Catalan), meloa (Portuguese), meloe (Euskera), meloeiro (Portuguese), meloeiro d´inverno (Portuguese), meloen (Euskera), meloi (Euskera), melón (Spanish, Castillian), melón amarillo (Spanish, Castillian), melón atigrado (Spanish, Castillian), melón bastardo (Spanish, Castillian), melón blanco (Spanish, Castillian), melón chincholat (Spanish, Castillian), melón chino (Spanish, Castillian), melón color de azufaifa (Spanish, Castillian), melón de año (Spanish, Castillian), melón de Añover (Spanish, Castillian), melón de Astracán (Spanish, Castillian), melón de cascarilla (Spanish, Castillian), melón de Chipre (Spanish, Castillian), melón de flor menuda (Spanish, Castillian), melón de flor negra (Spanish, Castillian), melón de invierno (Spanish, Castillian), melón de olor (Spanish, Castillian), melón de Persia (Spanish, Castillian), melón de pezón verde (Spanish, Castillian), melón de pipa blanca (Spanish, Castillian), melón de verano (Spanish, Castillian), melón escrito (Spanish, Castillian), melón francés (Spanish, Castillian), melón gabachet (Spanish, Castillian), melón gemelo (Spanish, Castillian), melón listado (Spanish, Castillian), melón morisco (Spanish, Castillian), melón moscatel (Spanish, Castillian), melón negro (Spanish, Castillian), melón palestino (Spanish, Castillian), melón pepino (Spanish, Castillian), melón pinta zapo (Spanish, Castillian), melón sarracénico (Spanish, Castillian), melón temprano, fofo y de poco gusto (Spanish, Castillian), melón valenciano (Spanish, Castillian), melón verdinegro (Spanish, Castillian), melón vero-negro (Spanish, Castillian), melón verrugoso (Spanish, Castillian), melón zapo (Spanish, Castillian), melón zate (Spanish, Castillian), meloncicos de secano (Spanish, Castillian), meloner (Catalan), melonera (Catalan), melonera (Majorcan), melonera (Spanish, Castillian), melonera (Valencian), meloneres (Catalan), melones (Spanish, Castillian), melón-pepón (Spanish, Castillian), melons (Catalan), melopepón (Spanish, Castillian), meloya (Euskera), moloya (Euskera), silicrois (Valencian)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Ct Jo Tu(A) [Ab(A N) aAg Al Ar aAz(F S) aBe(B L) aBl Bl(M) aBr cBu aCa Cg aCo aCs Ct aCy aDa aEg aFe aGa(F) aGe Gg(A D G) cHe Hs(S) cHu nIr nIt La aLi Lt cLu aMa aMd Mo aNo Rf(C E K S) cRm nSa nSi(M S) Sl cSM aSu aTn cUk Uk(K U)]