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References

For Cucumis

Decker-Walters, D.S., S.-M. Chung, J.E. Staub, H.D. Quemada, and A.I. López-Sesé. 2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Plant. Syst. Evol. 233: 183-197. Google Scholar

Kirkbride, J.H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Parkway Publishers, Boone, NC. Google Scholar

Munger, H.M., and R.W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14: 44-45. 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

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

Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52: 165-177. Google Scholar

Silberstein, L., I. Kovalski, R. Huang, K. Anagnostou, M.M. Kyle Jahn, and R. Perl-Treves. 1999. Molecular variation in melon (Cucumis melo L.) as revealed by RFLP and RAPD markers. Scientia Horticulturae 79: 101-111. Google Scholar

Stepansky, A., I. Kovalski, and R. Perl-Treves. 1999. Intraspecific classification of melons (Cucumis melo L.) in view of their phenotypic and molecular variation. Plant Syst. Evol. 217: 313-332. Google Scholar