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Woodblocks Plantin-Moretus

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(1553-1601)

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no. 6682 [MPM.HB.06682]

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Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader

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name cited:
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader
name cited (basionym):
Cucumis colocynthis L.
name recognized:
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader
name recognized (basionym):
Cucumis colocynthis L.

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origin of:
M. de Lobel, Pl. Strip. Icon., vol. 1 : p. 645, fig. 1 (1591)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Pempt.: p. 654, fig. 1 (1583)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Pempt.: p. 378, fig. 2 (1583)

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family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Benincaseae

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epithet cited: colocynthis,-is,-e

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epithet recognized:

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Illustration contributed by:
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=437554

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Cucumis colocynthis L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo; Citrullus pseudocolocynthis M. Roemer; Colocynthis officinalis Schrader; Colocynthis vulgaris Schrader;