Jan2015sk29 Hooghly - Cucumis trigonus Roxb.?

[surajit koley]

These photographs were recorded on 14-July-2012. Wild trailing on roadside or in uncultivated fields, or in wasteplace.

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surajit

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

efi page on Cucumis melo subsp. melo (Syn: (=) Cucumis trigonus Roxb.));

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[surajit koley]

Sir,

Since leaves are harshly scabrid in this wild species this should be Cucumis trigonus Roxb. as per KEY and description in (i) Bengal Plants and (ii) The Botany of Bihar and Orissa.

But, I am not sure of the current accepted name, because as per FoP it is Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. agrestis. I can't say if FoP is correct or otherwise.

Thank you

Regards

surajit

[Gurcharan Singh]

Both The Plant List and Revision of Indian Cucurbitaceae consider it a synonym of C. melo, and since it is a wild species with very short hairs on ovary, it is reasonable to include under subsp. agrestis var. agrestis. The hairs on ovary and not stem are significant in distinction.

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[surajit koley]

Thank you very much Sir.

Regards

surajit