Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Cucurbitales > Family Cucurbitaceae > Genus Citrullus

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Citrullus*	Schrad.	accepted genus name
*Anguria*	Mill.	homotypic synonym
*Colocynthis*	Mill.	heterotypic synonym
*Citrullus amarus*	Schrad.	taxonomically included in
*Citrullus colocynthis*	(L.) Schrad.	taxonomically included in
*Citrullus lanatus*	(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Momordica lanata*	Thunb.	basionym; nom. cons. prop.
*Citrullus battich*	Forssk.	heterotypic synonym; nom. rej. prop.
*Citrullus vulgaris*	Schrad.	heterotypic synonym
*Colocynthis citrullus*	(L.) Kuntze	heterotypic synonym
*Cucumis citrullus*	(L.) Ser.	heterotypic synonym
*Cucurbita citrullus*	L.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Asturian: sandía sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: angurri; angurria; cui andiarin bat sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: carabassa de cabells d´angel; cindria; cindría; cindriera; meló d´aigua; meló d´Alger; meló de moro; melonera d´Alger; síndria; sindriera; síndriera; xíndria sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: vesimeloni sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: sandía sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: cidracaya; cindriera; sindria; sindría; síndria; sindriera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: abobara chila; balancia; batea; batheca; chilacaiota; gilacaiota; melancia; melancieira sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: albatheca; albudeca; albudega; anguria; badea; badea de agua; badea de algunos; balancia; bateca; batheca; calabaza de cabello de ángel; carabacera de cabellos; carabacera de dulce; carabacera de hilos; chilacayote; cidra cayote; cidracayota; cidracayote; ciracallote; melón de agua; sandia; sandía; zandia; zandía sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: vattenmelon

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 1915-1916: 30. 1916

Genbank

Citation

Henning, T., Holstein, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/820957de-78f8-4432-bd4f-b6cba44cc94e