Cucumis aetheocarpus
Garden Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Cucumis sativus
- Also known as
- Cucumber, Garden Cucumber
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Garden Cucumber
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cucumis sativus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cucumis esculentus
Cucumis hardwickii
Cucumis muricatus
Cucumis rumphii
Cucumis sativus f. albus
Cucumis sativus f. australis
Cucumis sativus f. borealis
Cucumis sativus f. brunnescens
Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii
Cucumis sativus f. pallescens
Cucumis sativus f. tuberculatus
Cucumis sativus f. viridis
Cucumis sativus subsp. agrestis
Cucumis sativus subsp. gracilior
Cucumis sativus subsp. rigidus
Cucumis sativus var. albus
Cucumis sativus var. anatolicus
Cucumis sativus var. anglicus
Cucumis sativus var. arakis
Cucumis sativus var. battich-djebbal
Cucumis sativus var. brullos
Cucumis sativus var. chatte
Cucumis sativus var. chiar
Cucumis sativus var. cilicicus
Cucumis sativus var. ennemis
Cucumis sativus var. europaeus
Cucumis sativus var. fakus
Cucumis sativus var. falcatus
Cucumis sativus var. fastigiatus
Cucumis sativus var. flavus
Cucumis sativus var. grossularioides
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii
Cucumis sativus var. indoeuropeus
Cucumis sativus var. iranoturanicus
Cucumis sativus var. izmir
Cucumis sativus var. pallidus
Cucumis sativus var. sativus
Cucumis sativus var. schemmam
Cucumis sativus var. squamosus
Cucumis sativus var. testudaceus
Cucumis sativus var. tuberculatus
Cucumis sativus var. variegatus
Cucumis sativus var. viridis
Cucumis sphaerocarpus
Cucumis vilmorinii
Others in Cucumis
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