Cucumis

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Cucumis

melon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Melothrieae
Subtribe:	Cucumerinae
Genus:	Cucumis L.
Species
Cucumis anguria Cucumis dipsaceus Cucumis ficifolius Cucumis humofructus (aardvark cucumber) Cucumis melo (melon) Cucumis metuliferus (horned melon) Cucumis myriocarpus Cucumis prophetarum Cucumis sativus (cucumber)
Synonyms
Cucumella Chiov. Dicaelosperma E.G.O.Müll. & Pax, orth. var. Dicaelospermum C.B.Clarke, orth. var. Dicoelospermum C.B.Clarke Hymenosicyos Chiov. Melo Mill. Mukia Arn. Myrmecosicyos C.Jeffrey Oreosyce Hook.f.

Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Cucurbitaceae family which includes the cucumber (Cucumis sativus), muskmelons (including cantaloupe and honeydew), the horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus), and the West Indian gherkin (Cucumis anguria). 30 species occur in Africa, and 25 occur in India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.^[1]

References

Ghebretinsae, A. G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J. C. (2007). Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). American Journal of Botany 94(7): 1256–1266.
Renner, S. S., Schaefer, H. & Kocyan, A.; Schaefer, H; Kocyan, A (2007). "Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 58–69. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-58. PMC 3225884. PMID 17425784.
Sebastian, P. M., H. Schaefer, I. R. H. Telford, and S. S. Renner. 2010. Cucumber and melon have their wild progenitors in India, and the sister species of Cucumis melo is from Australia" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(32) 14269–14273 (online)
Telford, I. R. H., P. M. Sebastian, J. J. Bruhl, and S. S. Renner. 2011. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2): 376-389 (online)