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References

For Citrullus

Chomicki, G., and S.S. Renner. 2015. Watermelon origin solved with molecular phylogenetics including Linnaean material: another example of museomics. New Phytologist 205: 526-532. Google Scholar

Dane, F., and P. Lang. 2004. Sequence variation at cpDNA regions of watermelon and related wild species: implications for the evolution of Citrullus haplotypes. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1922-1929. Google Scholar

Nesom, G.L. 2011b. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 2011-13: 1-33. Google Scholar

Nesom, G.L. 2015b. Cucurbitaceae. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 6, Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY. 468 pp. Google Scholar

Paris, H.S. 2015. Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus. Annals of Botany 116: 133-148. Google Scholar

Schaefer & Renner. 2011. In Kubitzki, K., ed. 2011. The families and genera of vascular plants. X. Flowering plants – Eudicots – Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae. Springer, Berlin. 436 pp. Google Scholar