Cucumis sativus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 1012. 1753.

Common names: Garden cucumber
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 34. Mentioned on page 33.

Distribution

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Ont., Ariz., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Utah, Va., Asia, also nearly worldwide

Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Records of cucumber cultivation appear in France in the ninth century, in England in the fourteenth century, and in North America by the mid sixteenth century.

Variety hardwickii (Royle) Gabaev (= C. hardwickii Royle) occurs in the northwestern Himalayas, the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats, and the central plateau region of India. J. H. Kirkbride (1993) and C. Jeffrey (1980c, 2001) observed that it can be identified in its usual form but that morphological intergradation argues against its recognition as a distinct evolutionary entity with formal taxonomic status. W. J. J. O. de Wilde and B. E. E. Duyfjes (2010) agreed that C. hardwickii is not sharply demarcated from feral forms of C. sativus and they reduced its rank to forma within C. sativus. On the other hand, Cucumis hardwickii is isozymically distinct from C. sativus. L. D. Knerr and J. E. Staub (1991) found that it possesses alleles not present in the remainder of their samples of C. sativus. V. Meglic et al. (1996) found it to be isozymically distinct from 750 C. sativus samples. Without consistent morphological differentiation between Cucumis hardwickii and the highly variable domesticated and feral forms of C. sativus in the narrow sense, but with an apparent molecular distinction, their recognition at varietal rank seems appropriate. Rank of forma (as interpreted here) would imply that C. hardwickii is a populational variant.

Selected References

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... more about "Cucumis sativus"
distinct +  and connate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Linnaeus +
unlobed;3-6[-7]-lobed;ovate +
tubular +, saucer--shaped +, campanulate +  and rotate +
Garden cucumber +
campanulate;infundibular +
Ont. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Utah +, Va. +, Asia +  and also nearly worldwide +
furrowed +  and echinate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
bristly +, smooth +, hairy +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and muricate +
fleshy +  and hard +
pistillate +, staminate +  and from different axils than staminate +
green +  and yellow orange or tan with light or tan with dark green punct white yellow brown or orange +
perennial +
dioecious +  and monoecious +
infundibular;campanulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
umbellate;subumbellate +
solitary +, corymbose +, fasciculate +, racemose +  and paniculate +
petiolate +, estipulate +  and simple +
spatulate;obovate;ovate;oblong;elliptic;triangular;spatulate;obovate;ovate;oblong;elliptic;triangular;spatulate;obovate;ovate;oblong;elliptic;triangular;spatulate;obovate;ovate;oblong;elliptic;triangular;spatulate;obovate;ovate;oblong;elliptic;triangular +
entire +  and serrate +
fimbriate +
not differentiated +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
induplicate-valvate +  and imbricate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.7 cm37 mm <br />0.037 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
elliptic;ovate or obovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
not arillate +
compressed +, ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
straight +
linear;oblong or +
Introduced +
climbing +  and procumbent +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
hispid;hirsute +
sublobate +  and 3-lobed +
short-columnar +
echinate +  and eglandular +
ridged +  and aculeate +
Cucumella +, Dicoelospermum +, Melo +, Mukia +, Myrmecosicyos +  and Oreosyce +
Cucumis sativus +
species +
2-branched +  and unbranched +
distinct +
plant +, climbing +  and procumbent +
andromonoecious +, dioecious +  and monoecious +