Accepted scientific name:
Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Schrad. (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Schrad.
Synonyms:
Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr.
Common names:
Common name Language Country
African horned cucumber - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Cucurbitales CoL
Family Cucurbitaceae World Plants
Genus Cucumis World Plants
Distribution: Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, SW-Chad, Cameroon, ?Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea, ?Ethiopia, S-Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, W-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Queensland (introduced), South Africa (Transvaal, Cape Prov.), Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Seychelles (introduced), Yemen (W-Yemen), USA (introduced) (Florida (introduced)), Venezuela (introduced)
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:15633621-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401