Cucumis sativus--Hong Kong. HK Botanical Garden. 27 Sep 2016.DSC00683 (9).JPG
Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya; introduced into 66 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
China, Hong Kong (Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens)
Location Remarks
Albany Road, Hong Kong.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Cucumis
Specific Epithet
sativus
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#147,451 of 335,497
Top 44%
Extinction probability
10%
