Cucumis melo
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
- Cucumis
- Species
- Cucumis melo
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cucumis melo. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Cucumis acidusJacq.
- Cucumis agrestis(Naudin) Grebenscikov
- Cucumis agrestis subsp. figari(Pangalo) Greb.
- Cucumis alba var. flavescensNakai
- Cucumis albusNakai
- Cucumis ambiguaFenzl ex Hook.f.
- Cucumis arenariusSchumach. & Thonn.
- Cucumis aromaticusRoyle
- Cucumis bardanaFenzl ex Naudin
- Cucumis bisexualisA.M.Lu & G.C.Wang
- Cucumis callosusCogn.
- Cucumis campechianusKunth
- Cucumis cantalupensisHaberle ex M.Roem.
- Cucumis cantalupoRchb.
- Cucumis chateHasselq.
- Cucumis chateL.
- Cucumis chinensis(Pangalo) Pangalo
- Cucumis chitoC.Morren
- Cucumis cicatrisatusStocks
- Cucumis cognataFenzl ex Hook.f.
- Cucumis conomonThunb.
- Cucumis conomon var. koreanaNakai
- Cucumis conomon var. rugosaNakai
- Cucumis cubensisSchrad.
- Cucumis cubensis var. costatusM.Roem.
- Cucumis deliciosusSalisb.
- Cucumis dudaimL.
- Cucumis eriocarpusBoiss. & Noë
- Cucumis erivanicushort. ex Steud.
- Cucumis flexuosusL.
- Cucumis flexuosus var. adzhurPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoalbusPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoaurantiacusPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoviridisPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoalbusPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoauranticusPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoviridisPangalo
- Cucumis flexuosus var. reflexusSer.
- Cucumis flexuosus var. terraPangalo
- Cucumis jamaicensisBert. ex Spreng.
- Cucumis jucundaF.Muell.
- Cucumis laevigatusChiov.
- Cucumis maculatusWilld.
- Cucumis melo f. agrestis(Naudin) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Cucumis melo f. albidus(Alef.) Kitam.
- Cucumis melo f. albusMakino
- Cucumis melo f. depressusChakrav.
- Cucumis melo f. dissectifoliusPangalo
- Cucumis melo f. dulcisPangalo
- Cucumis melo f. flavus(Makino) Kitam.
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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