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The genus Cucumis is in the family Cucurbitaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cucumis

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cucumis aculeatus Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis aetheocarpus (C.Jeffrey) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis africanus L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis althaeoides (Ser.) P.Sebastian & I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis angulatus Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis anguria L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis argenteus (Domin) P.Sebastian & I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis asininus Garsault	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis baladensis Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis barbatus Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis bipinnatifidus Wight ex Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis bryoniifolius (Merxm.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis canoxyi Thulin & Al-Gifri	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis carolinus J.H.Kirkbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis cinereus (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis clavipetiolatus (J.H.Kirkbr.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis costatus I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis courtoisii H.Lév.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis debilis W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis echinaceus Sprenger	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cucumis engleri (Gilg) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis ficifolius A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis foetidissima Kunth	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cucumis globosus C.Jeffrey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis gracilis (Kurz) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis halabarda Chiov.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis hastatus Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis heptadactylus Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis hirsutus Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis humofructus Stent	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis hystrix Chakrav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis × hytivus Jin F.Chen & J.H.Kirkbr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis indicus Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis insignis C.Jeffrey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis javanicus (Miq.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis jeffreyanus Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis kalahariensis A.Meeuse	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis kelleri (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis kirkbridei Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis leiospermus (Wight & Arn.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis luzonicus Blanco	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis lyratus A.Zimm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis meeusei C.Jeffrey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis melo L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis × melonitrigonus Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis messorius (C.Jeffrey) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis metulifer E. Mey. ex Naudin	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis muelleri Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Cucumis nigristriatus A.Zimm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis odoratissimus Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis perpusillus Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis picrocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis prolatior J.H.Kirkbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis prophetarum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Cucumis pubituberculatus Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis purpureus Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis pustulatus Naudin ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis queenslandicus I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis quintanilhae R.Fern. & A.Fern.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis reticulatus (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis rigidus E.Mey. ex Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis rostratus J.H.Kirkbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis rumphianus (Scheff.) H.Schaef.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis sacleuxii Paill. & Bois	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis sagittatus Wawra & Peyr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis sativus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis silentvalleyi (Manilal, T.Sabu & P.Mathew) Ghebret. & Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis subhirsutus P. Browne	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cucumis thulinianus J.H.Kirkbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis trifoliatus L.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis tuberosus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis umbellatus I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis variabilis P.Sebastian & I.Telford	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis zambianus Widrl., J.H.Kirkbr., Ghebret. & K.R.Reitsma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cucumis zeyheri Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 240 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cucumis. Of these 52 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 250 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cucumis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 240 species names for the genus Cucumis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	52	21.7%
◕	Synonym	153	63.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	35	14.6%

All names

The status of the 490 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cucumis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	54	11.0%
◕	Synonym	401	81.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	35	7.1%

Of the species names,

• 14 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 240 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cucumis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	51	151	0	0	202	84.2%
	Low confidence	1	2	0	35	38	15.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Cucumis is as follows: