Genus Cucumis L.


Summary
Genus number:
3163
Last updated:
28 April 2011
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Common name(s):

cucumber, melon
Accession count:

8328 (5436  active, 3560  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)


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References:
  1. Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al. 2007. Nomenclatural changes in Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Novon 17:176-178.
  2. Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al. 2007. Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94:1256-1266.
  3. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
  4. Renner, S. S. & H. Schaefer. 2008. Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) as understood in 2008. In: Pitrat, M., ed., Proceedings of the IXth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucurbitaceae, INRA, Avignon, France, 21-24 May, 2008 53-58. Note: http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Cucumis_2008.pdf
  5. Renner, S. S. et al. 2007. Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo). B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 7:58, 11 pp.
  6. Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:122-138.
  7. Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:165-177.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3163. Accessed 10 May 2026.