Wild Cucumber?

I was recently confused by nomenclature involved in an observation of Wild Cucumber. I asked several expert sources for clarification. The responses helped a lot!

Re: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6830357

From my friend and mentor Patricia Simpson:

"Well, this is a common thing unfortunately. What most people here know as Wild cucumber is Marah macrocarpa. But in iNat the common name of Wild cucumber is associated with a different plant. People who do not know the latin name of M. macrocarpa often mistakingly ID as the wrong plant since they just enter the common name and that creates confusion. Marah. Macrocarpa is the only Marah found at MTRP and to my knowledge, in San Diego County (you can look it up at calflora.org)..."

I received even more clarification on this subject from Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D., the Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair/Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) since 1996.

Thank you both!

Publicado el julio 3, 2017 02:57 TARDE por jwparker2 jwparker2

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