Cucumis melo
Cucumis melo (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum), Latinitate classica melo, est species generis Cucumeris, cuius fructus usitate in tempore aestivo comeduntur.

Bibliographia 
 Fontes antiquiores
 1592 : Prosper Alpinus, De plantis Aegypti ff. 44v-45v (de varietate Chate)

 Eruditio recentior
 A. C. Andrews, "Melons and watermelons in the classical period" in Osiris vol. 12 (1956) pp. 368-375
 
 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, 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 

Species plantarum
Cucumis
Fructus
Fruges Africae boreo-orientalis
Taxa Linnaei