Cucumis sativus L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 465

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Cucumis sativus Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 1012. 1753.

"Habitat - - - –” RCN: 7336.

Lectotype (ten Pas & al. in Taxon 34: 290, f. 1-3. 1985): Herb. Burser XVII: 97 ( UPS) .

Generitype of Cucumis Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 190. 1929).

Current name: Cucumis sativus L. View in CoL ( Cucurbitaceae ).

Note: Jeffrey (in Kew Bull. 34: 794. 1980) designated the Hortus Cliffortianus diagnosis as the lectotype but a phrase name cannot serve as a type. Keraudren-Aymonin (in Aubréville & Leroy, Fl. Cambodge Laos Viêt-Nam 15: 72 (1975) similarly indicated as type a Hortus Cliffortianus illustration ("t. 451") which does not exist.