Citrullus lanatus
A species in the Cucurbitaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Citrullus
- Species
- Citrullus lanatus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1916
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Citrullus lanatus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Anguria citrullus(L.) Mill.
- Citrullus afrorumSchrad.
- Citrullus anguria(Duches.) Hara
- Citrullus aquosusSchur
- Citrullus battichForssk.
- Citrullus chodospermusFal. & Dun.
- Citrullus citrullus(L.) H.Karst.
- Citrullus citrullusSmall
- Citrullus colocynthis var. capensisAlef.
- Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
- Citrullus edulisSpach
- Citrullus edulisPangalo
- Citrullus lanatus f. nigroseminius(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus subsp. cordophanusTer-Avan.
- Citrullus lanatus subsp. mucosospermusFursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. afrorum(Alef.) Fosberg
- Citrullus lanatus var. albidus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum(Alef.) Fosberg
- Citrullus lanatus var. capensis(Alef.) Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. cordophanus(Ter-Avan.) Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus(Stocks) Babu
- Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
- Citrullus lanatus var. minor(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. oblongus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. pulcherrimus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. pumilus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. rotundus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. senegalicusFursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. shami(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. variegatus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. virgatus(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. viridis(Chakravarty) Maheshw.
- Citrullus mucosospermus var. senegalicus(Fursa) Fursa
- Citrullus pastecaSageret
- Citrullus vulgarisSchrad.
- Citrullus vulgaris var. afrorumAlef.
- Citrullus vulgaris var. caffrorumAlef.
- Colocynthis amarissimaSchrad.
- Colocynthis amarissimaSchltdl.
- Colocynthis citrullus(L.) Kuntze
- Colocynthis citrullusFritsch
- Cucumis amarissimusSchrad.
- Cucumis citrullus(L.) Ser.
- Cucumis citrullus var. jaceSer.
- Cucumis citrullus var. pastecaSer.
- Cucumis dissectusDecne.
- Cucumis edulisSteud.
- Cucumis laciniosusEckl. ex Steud.
- Cucumis laciniosusEckl. ex Schrad.
- Cucumis vulgaris(Schrad.) E.H.L.Krause
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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