Citrullus

Citrullus
Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Benincaseae
Subtribe:	Benincasinae
Genus:	Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.
Species
Citrullus colocynthis Citrullus ecirrhosus Citrullus lanatus Citrullus naudinianus
Synonyms
Anguria Mill. Colocynthis Mill.

Citrullus is a small genus of desert vines, among which Citrullus lanatus (the watermelon) 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 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)

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References

1. ^ http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Citrullus.html

External links

• Sorting Plant Names: Citrullus

• Multilingual taxonomic information from the University of Melbourne

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