Cucumis umbellatus
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Family Cucurbitaceae
Taxonomy: Cucumis umbellatus I.Telford
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cucumis sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Mukia sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
- Mukia sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 7909) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Mukia sp. Gunlom (J.L.McKean 864b) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Mukia umbellata I.Telford (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2014 (15), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 33 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); herb (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2014 | 10 | 15 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ATRP_2020 | 3 | 3 | F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |