Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin (2007:178)
Ritchie melon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dicoelospermum ritchiei C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 630 (1879); Mukia ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 34: 45 (2006)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Antony et al., 1992)
Distribution
Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Antony, V. A., Kadavil, Antony and Henry, A. N. (1992 "1991"). Rediscovery of Dicoelospermum ritchiei Clarke (Cucurbitaceae) from Kerala, southern India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 739-740.
De Wilde, W. J. J. O. and Duyfjes, B. E. E. (2006). Mukia Arn. (Cucurbitaceae) in Asia, in particular in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull (Bot.) 34: 38-52.
Ghebretinsae, Amanuel G., Thulin, Mats and Barber, Janet C. (2007). Nomenclatural Changes in Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Novon 17(2): 176-178. https://doi.org/10.3417/1055-3177(2007)17[176:NCICC]2.0.CO;2
Mao, A. A. and Dash, S. S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Naithani, H. B. (1990). Flowering plants of India, Nepal & Bhutan (not recorded in Sir J.D. Hooker’s Flora of British India). 711 pp. Dehra Dun (Surya Publications).
Renner, S. S. and Pandey, A. K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.20.3948
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