Citrullus

Citrullus lanatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Citrullus
Species: C. colocynthis – C. ecirrhosus – C. lanatus – C. mucosospermus – C. rehmii

Name

Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 2: 279. (1836) nom. cons. against Colocynthis Mill. (1754)
Type species: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. (1836) = Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. (1916)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Anguria Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. 9, 31. (1760) nom. illeg.
- Colocynthis Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) vol. 1. (1754) nom. rej. but Colocynthis cocolobus Schrad. may be an accepted name (Plant List, 2015).

References

Schrader, H.A. (1836) Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae 2: 279. BHL

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Citrullus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Citrullus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22.

Tropicos.org 2014. Citrullus . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.

International Plant Names Index. 2014. Citrullus. Published online. Accessed Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names

العربية: حنظل
azərbaycanca: Qarpız
беларуская: Кавун
čeština: Lubenice
dansk: Vandmelon-slægten
Ελληνικά: Κίτρουλλος
English: Water Melons, Desert Vines
suomi: Vesimelonit
français: Vignes du Désert
italiano: Arbūzas
日本語: スイカ属
latviešu: arbūzi
polski: Arbuz, Kawon
русский: Арбуз
svenska: Vattenmelonssläktet
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Tarvuz
中文: 西瓜属

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