Cucumis melo Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1011. 1753.

"Habitat - - - –” RCN: 7333.

Lectotype (Meeuse in Bothalia 8: 61. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 1152.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Cucumis melo L. ( Cucurbitaceae).

Note: See notes by Kirkbride (in Biosyst. Monogr. Cucumis: 81. 1993).