Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus
Biosyst. Monogr. Cucumis, 39. 1991.
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 37.
Leaf-blades deeply palmately 3–5-lobed to weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed. Pistillate flowers: hyaline bristle at apex of hypanthial aculei 0.5–1 times as long as opaque base. Pepos prominently aculeate, aculei 4–10 (–15) mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–100(–500) m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., Mont., Tex., Africa, also in West Indies
Discussion
The gherkins are escaped in a few, scattered localities in the United States, mostly in Florida, and it is not even clear that they are naturalized as reproductive populations.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus"
0.5-1 times as long as opaque base +
cordate +
0.9-1(-2) +
deeply palmately 3-5-lobed;weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed +
absent +
hyaline +
adnate +
broadened +
puberulent +
campanulate;infundibular +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
distinct +
pistillate +
fascicles +
3;10 +
unisexual +
glabrous +
perennial +
infundibular;campanulate +
umbellate;subumbellate +
true +
deeply palmately 3-5-lobed;weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed +
alternate +
broadly elliptic;obovate spatulate or ovate +
fimbriate +
not differentiated +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
15;150 +
dilated +
straight +
yellow +
elliptic;ovate or obovate +
hispid;setose +
absent +
fingerlike +
Biosyst. Monogr. Cucumis, +
1991 +
woody +
thin +
woody +
thick +
not arillate +
50;500 +
straight +
connate +
vestigial +
linear;oblong or +
Introduced +
connate +
absent +
annual +
trailing +
hispid;hirsute +
light green +
longitudinal +
short-columnar +
indehiscent +
muricate +
aculeate +
Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus +
Cucumis anguria +
variety +
absent +
setose +
distinct +
oblong +
replicate +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
dioecious +