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Cucumis
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melon
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Scientific classification
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Kinrick:
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Plantae
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(unranked):
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Angiosperms
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(unranked):
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Eudicots
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(unranked):
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Rosids
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Order:
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Cucurbitales
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Faimily:
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Cucurbitaceae
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Subfaimily:
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Cucurbitoideae
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Tribe:
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Melothrieae
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Subtribe:
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Cucumerinae
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Genus:
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Cucumis L.
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Species
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- Cucumis anguria
- Cucumis dipsaceus
- Cucumis ficifolius
- Cucumis humifructus (aardvark cucumber)
- Cucumis melo (melon)
- Cucumis metuliferus (horned melon)
- Cucumis myriocarpus
- Cucumis prophetarum
- Cucumis sativus (cucumber)
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Synonyms
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- 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.
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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]