Melancium campestre Naudin

  • Filed As

    Cucurbitaceae
    Melancium campestre Naudin

  • Collector(s)

    H. S. Irwin 11005 with R. Souza, R. Reis dos Santos, 03 Dec 1965

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Abadiânia Mun. Serra dos Pirineus, ca. 20 km S. of Corumbá de Goiás.

  • Habitat

    Cerrado. Frequent.

  • Description

    Creeper, the stems to ca. 3 m long. Corolla yellow. Fruit spherical, 6-8 cm. across, light green with irregular dark green longitudinal zones. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1006610

    Occurrence ID: e55e3e56-d872-48a9-98f9-e97c45e3ec0c

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Cucurbitales

  • Family

    Cucurbitaceae

  • All Determinations

    Melancium campestre Naudin det C. Jeffrey, 1974
    Note: ! V.L. Gomes-Klein, 1998

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Abadiânia Mun.

  • Locality

    Serra dos Pirineus, ca. 20 km S. of Corumbá de Goiás

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -16.1043, -48.8086

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5000

  • Georeferencing Method

    online gazetteer. Coordinates for Corumbáde Goiás determined from Species Link, offset calculated on MANIS. Even taking into account the CV error index, these coordinates are probably more exact than those from the field book.

  • Geodetic Datum

    SAD69

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