Taxon: Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Cucumis sativus (95 accessions)
• Cucumis sativus var. sativus (1486 accessions)
• Cucumis sativus var. sikkimensis (2 accessions)
• "Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis" (1 accessions)

Common names:

• xi nan ye huang gua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: high yields for cucumber   (fide Cucurb. Gen. Coop. 16:10. 1993)
  
• Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in cucumber   (fide Undutil Undexpl 2:148. 2007)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of cucumber   (fide Genet Res Chrom Crop 3:300. 2007)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of West Indian gherkin   (based on distant affinities to Cucumis anguria fide Proc Natl Acad Sci 107:14271. 2010)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of melon   (based on hybrids with Cucumis melo using embryo rescue fide Genet Res Chrom Crop 3:300. 2007)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal
  Indo-China: Myanmar [n.]; Thailand [n.]

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2007. The wild species of Cucumis L. (Cucurbitaceae) in South-East Asia. Adansonia sér. 3, 29:246–247.
• Garcia-Mas, J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among Cucumis species based on the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequence and microsatellite markers. Pl. Syst. Evol. 248:191–203.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [lists as C. sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Kitam.].
• Jeffrey, C. 1980. Further notes on Cucurbitaceae: V. The Cucurbitaceae of the Indian Subcontinent. Kew Bull. 34:802.
• Kho, Y. O. et al. 1980. Interspecific hybridization in Cucumis L. II. The crossability of species, and investigation of in vivo pollen tube growth and seed set. Euphytica 29:661–672. [this study examined USDA accession PI 215589].
• Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). [= C. sativus L.].
• Lebeda, A. et al. 2007. Chapter 8. Cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae; Cucumis spp., Cucurbita spp., Citrullus spp.). Pp. 3:271–376 in: Singh, R. J. et al., eds., Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement. [this review recognized var. hardwickii as part of the primary gene pool of the cultivated cucumber].
• Meglic, V. et al. 1996. Genetic diversity in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): I. A reevaluation of te U.S. germplasm collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:533–546.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269–14273.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Srivastava, U. 2007. Chapter 8. Genetic resources management in cucurbits. Pp. 2:129–155 in: Peter, K. V., ed., Underutilized and underexploited horticultural crops. [mentions as Cucumis hardwickii].
• Staub, J. E. & B. E. Struckmeyer. 1993. Leaf structure and photosynthetic relations in Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 16:10.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Yang, L. et al. 2012. Chromosome rearrengements during domestication of cucumber as revealed from high-density genetic mapping and draft genome assembly. Plant J. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365–313X.2012.05017.x.
• Zhao, X. et al. 2011. Comparison of the distribution of the repetitive DNA sequences in three variants of Cucumis sativus reveals their phylogenetic relationships. J. Genet. Genomics 38:39–45.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cucumis hardwickii Royle (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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