''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Cucurbitaceae
The Cucurbitaceae (), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family (biology), family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera. , 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
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''Cucumis'' is a genus of vine, twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Family (biology), family Cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber (''Cucumis sativus''), true melons (''Cucumis melo'', including cantaloupe and Honeydew (melon), ...
''.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Melothria campestris''
(Naudin) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
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Melothria cucumis''
Vell.
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Melothria dulcis
''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'' wer ...
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Wunderlin
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Melothria hirsuta''
Cogn.
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Melothria longituba''
C.Jeffrey
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Melothria pendula''
L.
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Melothria pringlei''
(S.Watson) Mart.Crov.
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Melothria scabra''
Naudin
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Melothria schulziana
''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'' wer ...
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Mart.Crov.
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Melothria sphaerocarpa
''Melothria sphaerocarpa'' is a species of melon native from southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic through Central America to tropical South America. It has been introduced to western tropical Africa, where has been known under the synonym ' ...
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(Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
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Melothria trilobata''
Cogn.
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Melothria warmingii''
Cogn.
References
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Benincaseae
Cucurbitaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxa described in 1753
Flora of the Americas