Cucumis

Cucumis is a genus o twinin, tendril-bearin plants in the Cucurbitaceae faimily which includes the cucumber, true melons, the horned melon, an Cucumis anguria, the Wast Indian gherkin. Thirty species occur in Africae, an 25 occur in Indie, Indocheena, Sootheast Aisie, an Austrailie ^[1]

Cucumis
melon
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Faimily:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfaimily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Melothrieae
Subtribe:	Cucumerinae
Genus:	Cucumis L.
Species
Cucumis anguria Cucumis dipsaceus Cucumis ficifolius Cucumis humifructus (aardvark cucumber) Cucumis melo (melon) Cucumis metuliferus (horned melon) Cucumis myriocarpus Cucumis prophetarum Cucumis sativus (cucumber)
Synonyms
Cucumella Chiov. Dicaelosperma E.G.O.Müll. & Pax, orth. var. Dicaelospermum C.B.Clarke, orth. var. Dicoelospermum C.B.Clarke Hymenosicyos Chiov. Melo Mill. Mukia Arn. Myrmecosicyos C.Jeffrey Oreosyce Hook.f.

See as weel

• Cucumber
• Melon