Garden Cucumber

Cucumis sativus (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est planta generis Cucumeris familiae Cucurbitacearum, cuius fructus comeditur.

Bibliographia

• Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, David C. Parrish, "The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions" in Annals of Botany vol. 100 (2007) pp. 1441-1457
• Carolus Linnaeus, Species plantarum (Holmiae: impensis L. Salvii, 1753) vol. 2 p. 1012 (Latine)
• Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis" in Annals of Botany vol. 103 (2009) pp. 1187–1205
• Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "Occidental diffusion of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 500–1300 CE: two routes to Europe" in Annals of Botany vol. 109 (2012) pp. 117–126
• Harry S. Paris, Jules Janick, Marie-Christine Daunay, "Medieval herbal iconography and lexicography of Cucumis (cucumber and melon, Cucurbitaceae) in the Occident, 1300–1458" in Annals of Botany vol. 108 (2011) pp. 471–484