Cucumis melo

Cucumis melo (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum), Latinitate classica melo, est species generis Cucumeris, cuius fructus usitate in tempore aestivo comeduntur.

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Plantae — Magnoliophyta

Classis : Magnoliopsida 
Ordo : Cucurbitales 
Familia : Cucurbitaceae 
Genus : Cucumis 
Species : C. melo 

Cucumis melo 
L.  

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

• 1592 : Prosper Alpinus, De plantis Aegypti ff. 44v-45v (de varietate Chate)

Eruditio recentior

• A. C. Andrews, "Melons and watermelons in the classical period" in Osiris vol. 12 (1956) pp. 368-375
• Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, "The Cucurbit Images (1515–1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome" in Annals of Botany vol. 97 (2006) pp. 165-176
• Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, David C. Parrish, "The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions" in Annals of Botany vol. 100 (2007) pp. 1441-1457
• Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis" in Annals of Botany vol. 103 (2009) pp. 1187–1205
• Harry S. Paris, Jules Janick, Marie-Christine Daunay, "Medieval herbal iconography and lexicography of Cucumis (cucumber and melon, Cucurbitaceae) in the Occident, 1300–1458" in Annals of Botany vol. 108 (2011) pp. 471–484

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Cucumis melo spectant.

Vide "Cucumis melo" apud Vicispecies.

Haec stipula ad biologiam spectat. Amplifica, si potes!