You are here
Magnoliopsida
Anguria
EOL Text
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:52
Specimens with Sequences:48
Specimens with Barcodes:24
Species:6
Species With Barcodes:6
Public Records:25
Public Species:5
Public BINs:0
Citrullus is a genus of seven species of desert vines, among which Citrullus lanatus (the watermelon) is an important crop. Recent molecular data, including sequences from the original collection of Citrullus lanatus, made by C. P. Thunberg in 1773, show that this plant is not a watermelon, but instead a bitter melon, as implied by Thunberg's original description of the species (Chomicki and Renner, 2014).
Contents
Classifications of Citrullus[edit]
A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms
Citroides Group[edit]
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Citroides Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus var. citroides (L.H. Bailey) Mansf. A -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Citroides Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L.H. Bailey) Mansf. s -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
(Citroides Group)
- Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. citroides L.H. Bailey s -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Citroides Group)
Colocynthis Group[edit]
- Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth(L.) Schrad.
- Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. subsp. insipidus (Pang.) Fursa
- Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. subsp. stenotomus (Pang.) Fursa
Lanatus Group[edit]
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf., non Matsum. & Nakai, nom. illeg.
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai A
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Lanatus Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus var. lanatus A -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
- Citrullus caffer Schrad. -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Lanatus Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. mucosospermus Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa var. cordophanus (Ter-Avan) Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. caffer (Schrad.) Mansf. -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. fistulosus Duth. & Full. -> Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo
- Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Steward) C. R. Babu -> Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo
- Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Stocks) H. L. Chakravarty -> Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus s -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Lanatus Group)
- Citrullus naudinianus (Sonder) J. D. Hooker s -> Anthosicyos naudinianus (Sonder) C. Jeffrey A
- Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Vulgaris Group[edit]
- Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
- Citrullus edulis Spach. -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Vulgaris Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Vulgaris Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa var. vulgaris A -> Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Vulgaris Group)
Other Groups[edit]
- Citrullus ecirrhosus Cogn. s -> Colocynthis ecirrhosus (Cogn.) Chakrav. A
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa (Asian Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa (Eastern Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa (Russian Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa (Seedless Group)
- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa (Seedy Group)
References[edit]
- ^ "Sorting Citrullus Names". University of Melbourne. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Chomicki, G., and S. S. Renner. Watermelon origin solved with molecular phylogenetics including Linnaean material: Another example of museomics. New Phytologist, DOI: 10.1111/nph.13163 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.13163/abstract
Renner, S. S., G. Chomicki, and W. Greuter. 2014. Proposal to conserve the name Momordica lanata (Citrullus lanatus) (watermelon, Cucurbitaceae), with a conserved type, against Citrullus battich. Taxon 63(4): 941-942. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2014/00000063/00000004/art00031
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Wikipedia |
Source | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Citrullus&oldid=632116795 |
Citrullus
Bejucos herbáceos, rastreros o trepadores, monoicos, pubescentes, con zarcillos axilares con 2-5 ramificaciones o simples; látex acuoso. Hojas alternas, pecioladas; láminas simples, enteras, lobado-pinnatífidas; estípulas ausentes. Flores unisexuales, actinomorfas, solitarias o rara vez en fascículos axilares; cáliz campanulado, con 5 lóbulos estrechos; corolas rotáceas o anchamente campanuladas, profundamente 5-lobadas; flores estaminadas con un pistilodio y 3 estambres exertos, los filamentos libres, adnatos a la base de la corola, las anteras concrescentes o libres; flores pistiladas con 3 estaminodios; el ovario ínfero, ovoide, tricarpelado, los estilos 3, los estigmas bilobados. Fruto una baya carnosa, indehiscente, grande; semillas numerosas, oblongas, comprimidas. Género del Viejo Mundo con alrededor de 4 especies, algunas de las cuales se cultivan por sus frutos comestibles.
Citrullus
Herbaceous vines, creeping or climbing, monoecious, pubescent, with axillary tendrils with 2-5 branches or simple; latex watery. Leaves alternate, petiolate; blades simple, entire, lobed-pinnatifid; stipules absent. Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic, solitary or rarely in axillary fascicles; calyx campanulate, with 5 narrow lobes; corollas rotate or broadly campanulate, deeply 5-lobed; staminate flowers with a pistillode and 3 exserted stamens, the filaments free, adnate to the base of the corolla, the anthers concrescent or free; pistillate flowers with 3 staminodia; the ovary inferior, ovoid, tricarpellate, the styles 3, the stigmas bilobate. Fruit a fleshy berry, indehiscent, large; seeds numerous, oblong, compressed. An Old World genus of about 4 species, some of which are cultivated for their edible fruits.