Cucumis melo L.

  • Filed As

    Cucurbitaceae
    Cucumis melo L.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Acevedo-Rodríguez 10460, 27 Aug 1998

  • Location

    Plants cultivated in Washington, DC, from seeds obtained from a fruit collected in Puerto Rico. From unknown locality.

  • Description

    Herbacious trendilled vine, ca. 1 m long, many - branched from base; flowers ascending; calyx green; corolla light yellow; fruits ellipsoid, ca. 6 cm long, turning from dark green to orangish yellow. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1025383

    Occurrence ID: 17f074b4-e18f-4cb4-931b-ee1db608c069

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Cucurbitales

  • Family

    Cucurbitaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cucumis melo L.

  • Region

    North America

  • Locality

    Plants cultivated in Washington, DC, from seeds obtained from a fruit collected in Puerto Rico. From unknown locality.

  • Coordinates

    38.8994, -77.0283

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    10781.6

  • Georeferencing Method

    GEOLocate Web Application. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Washington DC. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the city to find linear extent (10770 m). Input info. into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncertainty radius (Bounded Area).

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