View source for Cucumis melo subsp. melo

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|accepted_name=Cucumis melo subsp. melo
|accepted_authority=[I]
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|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Cucumis;Cucumis melo;Cucumis melo subsp. melo
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cucumis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cucumis melo]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Cucumis melo subsp. melo]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 36
|treatment_page=page 35
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>andromonoecious. <b>Stems</b> glabrous or sparsely villous. <b>Hypanthia</b> pilose to lanate, hairs spreading. <b>Pepos</b> edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 10–20+ cm diam., rind tan, yellowish, lemon yellow, light yellowish green, dark green, or light orange, smooth, ridged, netted, warty, or scaly; flesh orange to yellowish or green, juicy, sweet.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Gardens, fields, field edges, trash heaps, garbage dumps, lake shores, roadsides, ballast, sometimes volunteering from past plantings
|elevation=20–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;w Asia;w Africa;introduced also in West Indies.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i></i>subsp.<i> melo</i> outside of cultivation in the flora area mostly are the dessert melons; var. cantalupo and var. inodorus.</p><!--
--><p>Main cultivar groups of <i></i>subsp.<i> melo</i>:</p><!--
--><p>a. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. cantalupo Seringe. Asia; pepos medium-large, rind smooth, scaly, or netted, variable in color, aromatic with sweet, juicy flesh, dessert melons; andromonoecious. Formally a nomenclatural synonym of <i>C. melo</i> var. melo; the name var. cantalupo Seringe predates var. cantalupensis Naudin, which is often used for this dessert melon.</p><!--
--><p>b. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. inodorus Jacquin. Europe (Spain), Asia; pepos large, winter melons, with non-aromatic, non-climacteric and long-storing fruits, rind thick, smooth, wrinkled, or warty, dessert melons (honeydew, winter melon); andromonoecious.</p><!--
--><p>c. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. melo. Asia, Africa; pepos large, flesh sweet, rind netted, warty, or scaly, wild form of dessert melons; andromonoecious.</p>
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name=Cucumis melo subsp. melo
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|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Gardens, fields, field edges, trash heaps, garbage dumps, lake shores, roadsides, ballast, sometimes volunteering from past plantings
|elevation=20–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;w Asia;w Africa;introduced also in West Indies.
|introduced=true
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|genus=Cucumis
|species=Cucumis melo
|subspecies=Cucumis melo subsp. melo
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