Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cucumis anguria in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1011.
today: The current name for this species is Cucummis anguria L.
original Latin description
Cucumis foliis palmato-sinuatis, pomis subovatis echinatis.
English translation
Cucumis with leaf blades palmate-sinuate; [and] with pomes subovate [and] echinate.
| Cucumis | Cucumis |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| palmate-sinuate; | palmato-sinuatis - palmato- (combining form of group A adjective palmatus, -a, -um) + sinuatis (ablative plural masculine of group A adjective sinuatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| with pomes | pomis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun pomum, -i |
| subovate | subovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subovatus, -a. -um; modifies pomis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| echinate. | echinatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective echinatus, -a, -um; modifies pomis |