Melothria

Melothria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in Melothria were reassigned to Cucumis.[3]

Melothria
Melothria pendula (creeping cucumber) fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Benincaseae
Genus: Melothria
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
List
    • Cladosicyos Hook.f.
    • Corynosicyos F.Muell.
    • Cucumeropsis Naudin
    • Diclidostigma Kunze
    • Harlandia Hance
    • Landersia Macfad.
    • Melancium Naudin
    • Posadaea Cogn.

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Melothria campestris (Naudin) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
  • Melothria cucumis Vell.
  • Melothria dulcis Wunderlin
  • Melothria hirsuta Cogn.
  • Melothria longituba C.Jeffrey
  • Melothria pendula L.
  • Melothria pringlei (S.Watson) Mart.Crov.
  • Melothria scabra Naudin
  • Melothria schulziana Mart.Crov.
  • Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
  • Melothria trilobata Cogn.
  • Melothria warmingii Cogn.

References
  1. Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753)
  2. "Melothria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. Schaefer, Hanno (2007). "Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: A recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 52: 165–177. doi:10.3767/000651907X612427.
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