DNA solves identities of Australian melons and loofah
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
Molecular data have shown that three Australian Cucurbitaceae species initially collected in 1856 but never accepted as separate species are distinct from each other and that one of them is the closest relative of the honeymelon, Cucumis melo. The names for these species are sorted out in a study published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.