Cucumis prophetarum subsp. prophetarum

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: Cucumis
Subgenus: C. subg. Cucumis
Sectio: C. sect. Aculeatosi
Species: Cucumis prophetarum
Subspecies: C. p. subsp. prophetarum

Name

Cucumis prophetarum L., 1755.

Synonyms

  • Cucumis amarus Stocks ex T. Anders.
  • Cucumis anguria Forssk.
  • Cucumis arabicus Del. ex Naud.
  • Cucumis foetidus Salisb.
  • Cucumis mascatensis Gand.
  • Cucumis pustulatus var. echinophorus A. Terrac.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, N-Nigeria, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, N-Tanzania, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan), NW-India, Socotra, Samha Isl., Abd-al-Kuri Isl., S-Algeria (south of Hoggar), S-Saharan Mts., Morocco, Libya, Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt)
  • Continental: Asie
      • Iran (S-Iran), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, Negev Desert, N-Israel), Jordania (S-Jordania), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

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