Citrullus

Citrullus

Synonymy

Source: Henning, T., Holstein, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2017+): Cucurbitaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Citrullus Schrad. in Ecklon & Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral.: 279. 1836, nom. cons. [non Citrullus Forssk.]
  • Anguria Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: [93]. 1754
  • =Colocynthis Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: [357]. 1754

Distribution

Ab(N) Ag dCa(C F L P T) Cy Eg Gr Hs Ir Jo Le Li Ma Si(S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A) [pAE(G) Ab(A) aAl Ar aAu(A) aAz(F M T) aBH aBl(M) aBr Bu Cg Cm aCo aCs nCt aDa aFe Gg Hs(S) Hu nIt Lt aMd Mo aNo Rf(C CS E K NW S) Rm nSa nSi(M) nSl aSu Uk] 

Euro+Med: Albania casual; Algeria native; Armenia introduced; Austria, with Liechtenstein (Austria casual); Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan (core) introduced, Nakhchivan native); Azores (Faial casual, São Miguel casual, Terceira casual); Baleares casual (Mallorca introduced); Bosnia-Herzegovina casual; Bulgaria introduced; Canary islands (Fuerteventura native: doubtfully native, Gran Canaria native: doubtfully native, La Palma native: doubtfully native, Lanzarote native: doubtfully native, Tenerife native: doubtfully native); Corsica casual; Crimea introduced; Croatia naturalised; Cyprus native; Czech Republic casual; Denmark casual; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands introduced: uncertain degree of naturalisation); Egypt native; Finland casual; Former Yugoslavia casual; Georgia introduced; Great Britain casual; Greece native; Hungary introduced; Israel/Palestine native; Israel/Palestine-Jordan native; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City naturalised; Jordan native; Lebanon native; Lebanon-Syria native; Libya native; Lithuania introduced; Madeira archipelago casual; Moldova introduced; Montenegro introduced; Morocco native; Norway casual; Romania introduced; Russia (C European Russia introduced, E European Russia introduced, Kaliningrad region introduced, NW European Russia introduced, North Caucasus introduced, S European Russia introduced); Sardinia naturalised; Serbia, with Kosovo and Montenegro cultivated; Sicily, with Malta native (Malta naturalised, Sicily native); Sinai native; Slovenia naturalised; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra native (Spain introduced); Sweden casual; Syria native; Tunisia native; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part native); Ukraine introduced; Ukraine, with Crimea cultivated

Common Names

Finnish (Finland): liuskamelonitA; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): vattenmelonerA

Bibliography

A. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS