Cucumis sativus
Cucumis sativus (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est planta generis Cucumeris familiae Cucurbitacearum, cuius fructus comeditur. Cultura huius speciei, Asiae meridianae nativae, in regionibus Europaeis inter annos fere 500 et 1300 incepta est: qui cucumeres in Europa ante eo aevo cultos describunt, per exemplum apud Graecos et Romanos antiquos, de alia specie agunt, videlicet de Cucumere melone.

Bibliographia 
Fontes antiquiores
 saec. XII exeunte : Ibn al-ʿAwwām, Liber agriculturae (J.-J. Clément-Mullet, interpr., Le Livre de l'agriculture d'Ibn-al-Awam. 3 voll. Lutetiae: Librairie A. Franck, 1864-1867   
 1753 : 
 1796 : Yuan Mei, Suiyuan shidan (Sean J. S. Chen, ed. et interpr., 瓠子,黃瓜 = Calabash and Cucumbers)
 1808 : Grimod de la Reynière et al., Almanach des gourmands vol. 6 (1808) pp. 97-102

 Eruditio
 "Le concombre, le médecin et le cuisinier" in Les Cahiers de la gastronomie n° 8 (2011)
 
 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
 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

Nexus externi 

 Imagines cucumerum 
 reliquia archaeologica cucumerum 

Species plantarum
Cucumis
Salsurae
Fructus
Fruges Asiae australis
Taxa Linnaei
Taxa 1753