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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |
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|ordo = [[Cucurbitales]] |
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|familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]] |
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|subfamilia = [[Cucurbitoideae]] |
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|tribus = [[Benincaseae]] |
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|subtribus = [[Benincasinae]] |
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|genus = '''''Acanthosicyos''''' |
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|genus_authority = [[Welw.]] ex [[Benth.]] & [[Hook.f.]] |
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|subdivision = * ''[[Acanthosicyos horridus]]'' |
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'''''Acanthosicyos''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[Thorns, spines, and prickles|thorny]] [[shrub]]s of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family(biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]], subfamily [[Cucurbitoideae]].<ref name="AridFrontier">{{cite book |author=Lithwick, Harvey; Bruins, Hendrik J. |title=The Arid Frontier: Interactive Management of Environment and Development |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |location=Boston |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=0-7923-4227-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> The genus name derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words "''akantha''" for thorn and "''sykios''" for cucumber or gourd.<ref name="CRCPlantNames">{{cite book |author=Umberto Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plants Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |year=1999 |pages= |isbn=0-8493-2675-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Endemic to the [[Namib Desert]] in [[Africa]], this genus is represented by two known species including ''[[Acanthosicyos horridus]]'', the nara melon, an important food plant in its native range. |
'''''Acanthosicyos''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[Thorns, spines, and prickles|thorny]] [[shrub]]s of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family(biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]], subfamily [[Cucurbitoideae]].<ref name="AridFrontier">{{cite book |author=Lithwick, Harvey; Bruins, Hendrik J. |title=The Arid Frontier: Interactive Management of Environment and Development |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |location=Boston |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=0-7923-4227-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> The genus name derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words "''akantha''" for thorn and "''sykios''" for cucumber or gourd.<ref name="CRCPlantNames">{{cite book |author=Umberto Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plants Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |year=1999 |pages= |isbn=0-8493-2675-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Endemic to the [[Namib Desert]] in [[Africa]], this genus is represented by two known species including ''[[Acanthosicyos horridus]]'', the nara melon, an important food plant in its native range. |
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Acanthosicyos is a genus of thorny shrubs of the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, subfamily Cucurbitoideae.[1] The genus name derives from the Greek words "akantha" for thorn and "sykios" for cucumber or gourd.[2] Endemic to the Namib Desert in Africa, this genus is represented by two known species including Acanthosicyos horridus, the nara melon, an important food plant in its native range.
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Acanthosicyos horridus fruit
References
- ^ Lithwick, Harvey; Bruins, Hendrik J. (1998). The Arid Frontier: Interactive Management of Environment and Development. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0-7923-4227-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Umberto Quattrocchi (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plants Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-2675-3.
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