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A Gift from the New World? The West African Crop Cucumeropsis mannii and the American Posadaea sphaerocarpa (Cucurbitaceae) are the Same Species

2010-07-01

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The biogeographical history of several important vegetables is still unclear. In the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, this applies to melon and cucumber, but also to many species of more regional importance. Cucumeropsis mannii is cultivated in West Tropical Africa for its nutritious seeds. Family-wide phylogenetic analyses suggested that it is closest to Posadaea sphaerocarpa from Central and South America, the seeds...

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Literature Corpus work: b43d4aec-32da-5188-8f84-c902b1a2dc0e
DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495818

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