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|accepted_name=Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis
|accepted_authority=(Naudin) Pangalo in P. M. Zhukovsky
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. M. Zhukovsky, Turquie Agric.,
|place=534. 1933
|year=1933
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|common_names=Gulf Coast melon
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cucumis melo var. agrestis
|authority=Naudin
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.
|publication_place=4, 11: 73. 1859
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Cucumis;Cucumis melo;Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cucumis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cucumis melo]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 35
|treatment_page=page 36
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>monoecious or andro-monoecious. <b>Stems</b> retrorsely hispid. <b>Hypanthia</b> retrorsely or antrorsely sericeous, hairs appressed. <b>Pepos</b> not edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 2.5–5 cm diam., rind yellow or yellowish, sometimes orange or brown striped, smooth; flesh whitish.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Stream banks, lake shores, marsh edges, hardwood bottomlands, stream beds, sand bars, levees, spoil banks, ditch banks, dunes, clear-cut woods, fallow fields, pastures, soybean, rice, and sugarcane fields, railroad banks, abandoned homesites, vacant lots, roadsides and medians, fencerows, trash dumps, other disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–100(–1200) m
|distribution=Ont.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;c;e Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;se Asia (Indonesia);Africa;Pacific Islands (Marquesas Islands).
|discussion=<p>Wild populations (<i></i>subsp.<i> agrestis</i>) of <i>Cucumis melo</i> in the flora area commonly have been assumed to represent escaped forms of cultivated var. chito or var. dudaim or, less commonly, of var. agrestis. D. S. Decker et al. (2002) showed that populations in the southeastern United States are morphologically and molecularly distinct and appropriately recognized as var. texanus (Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Texas; Mexico). Variety texanus shows the greatest genetic affinities to var. chito and to cultivars from eastern Asia. The wild or cultivated progenitor of <i></i>subsp.<i> agrestis</i> was presumably brought to the Western Hemisphere by humans intentionally (for example, by Asian immigrants) or unintentionally (for example, as seeds mixed with those of other introduced crops), either in pre-Columbian times (given the distinctiveness of genetic differentiation) or post-Columbian.</p><!--
--><p>Variety dudaim is encountered outside of cultivation in California, along waterways and irrigation canals, fields, and roadsides. A collection from Sycamore Canyon in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, may be var. dudaim: Thorne 59482 (ARIZ, ASU), described as an apparently naturalized vine on the canyon bottom.</p><!--
--><p>Main cultivar groups of <i></i>subsp.<i> agrestis</i>:</p><!--
--><p>a. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. agrestis Naudin. Africa and Asia as weeds; fruits less than 5 cm, inedible with thin mesocarp and tiny seeds; monoecious.</p><!--
--><p>b. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. chito (C. Morren) Naudin. Asia, or reportedly of American feral origin (A. Stepansky et al. 1999); fruits plum-sized, aromatic, used as pickles; monoecious. Combined with var. dudaim by H. M. Munger and R. W. Robinson (1991).</p><!--
--><p>c. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. conomon (Thunberg) Makino. Eastern Asia cultivars; fruits smooth, white-fleshed, with thin rinds, often eaten as pickles; andromonoecious. Includes var. acidulus Naudin.</p><!--
--><p>d. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. dudaim (Linnaeus) Naudin. Asia (Iran), grown as ornamentals (Dudaim melon, Queen Anne’s pocket melon, smellmelon) or for edible fruits; fruits small, aromatic, red or brown striped; andromonoecious.</p><!--
--><p>e. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. flexuosus (Linnaeus) Naudin. Middle East, Asia; fruits elongated, non-sweet, eaten immature as cucumbers; usually monoecious; variable in hypanthium vestiture; molecular data place it in <i></i>subsp.<i> agrestis</i>.</p><!--
--><p>f. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. momordica (Roxburgh) Cogniaux. Asia (India); pepos large, non-sweet, with thin rind splitting; monoecious.</p><!--
--><p>g. <i>Cucumis melo</i> var. texanus Naudin. North America; fruits small, rind smooth, yellow; monoecious.</p>
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name=Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis
|authority=(Naudin) Pangalo in P. M. Zhukovsky
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cucumis melo var. agrestis
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Stream banks, lake shores, marsh edges, hardwood bottomlands, stream beds, sand bars, levees, spoil banks, ditch banks, dunes, clear-cut woods, fallow fields, pastures, soybean, rice, and sugarcane fields, railroad banks, abandoned homesites, vacant lots, roadsides and medians, fencerows, trash dumps, other disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–100(–1200) m
|distribution=Ont.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;c;e Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;se Asia (Indonesia);Africa;Pacific Islands (Marquesas Islands).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. M. Zhukovsky, Turquie Agric.,
|publication year=1933
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced
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|genus=Cucumis
|species=Cucumis melo
|subspecies=Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis
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