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Citrullus is a small genus of desert

Desert

A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...

vine

Vine

A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...

s, among which Citrullus lanatus (the watermelon

Watermelon

Watermelon is a vine-like flowering plant originally from southern Africa. Its fruit, which is also called watermelon, is a special kind referred to by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind and fleshy center...

) is an important crop.

Classifications of Citrullus

A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms

Citroides Group

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

Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth(L.) Schrad.

Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. subsp. insipidus (Pang.) Fursa

Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. subsp. stenotomus (Pang.) Fursa

Lanatus Group

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) Pangale A

Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Steward) C. R. Babu -> Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangale A

Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Stocks) H. L. Chakravarty -> Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangale A

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

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

Citrullus ecirrhosus
Citrullus ecirrhosus
Citrullus ecirrhosus, commonly known as Namib Tsamma, is a species of perennial desert vine in the Cucurbitaceae family, a relative of the widely consumed watermelon . It can be found in both Namibia and South Africa, in particular the Namib Desert.The vines can crawl for up to two metres, and it...

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)

External links

Sorting Plant Names: Citrullus

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