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255.0000 Family Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1084; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Élém. 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 28, 29 (1829)
255.1520 Genus Melothria L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 35 (1753)
Distribution: mostly neotropics, 1 tropical Africa. Inclusion of Melancium, Cucumeropsis and Posadaea fide Schaefer & Renner in Kubitzki, Vol. X (2010)
Species listed in database: 15
= Cladosicyos Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 534 (1871)
= Corynosicyos F.Muell.; Select. Pl., ed. 2: 59 (1876)
= Cucumeropsis Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 30 (1866)
= Diclidostigma Kunze; Linnaea 17: 576 (1843)
= Harlandia Hance; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 648 (1852)
= Juchia M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2(Syn. Pepon.): 11, 48 (1846)
= Landersia Macfad.; Fl. Jamaica [Macfadyen] 2: 142 (1837)
= Melancium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 16: 175 (1861)
= Posadaea Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 2, 20: 476 (1890), Müll. & Pax, in Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 5: 393 (1894) in obs.
species :
Melothria campestris (Naudin) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner; Taxon 60(1): 134 (2011)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu); Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melancium campestre Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 16: 175 (1861)
= Melancium campestre var. grandifolium Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 23 (1878)
= Melancium campestre var. intermedium Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 23 (1878)
= Melancium campestre var. quinquefidum Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 24 (1878)
species :
Melothria candolleana Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 578 (1881)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Remarks: possibly a synonym of M. triloba
species :
Melothria cucumis Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 29 1: t. 70 (1825 publ. 1829)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Caazapa, Canindeyu); Uruguay (Canelones, Montevideo); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria cucumerina Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 10 (1866)
= Melothria cucumis var. multiflora Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 26 (1878)
species :
Melothria dulcis Wunderlin; Phytologia 38(3): 220 (1978)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Nariño); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
species :
Melothria fluminensis Gardner; London J. Bot. 1: 173 (1842)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria fluminensis var. hydrocotylifolia Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 28 (1878)
= Melothria fluminensis var. macrophylla Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 28 (1878)
= Melothria fluminensis var. microphylla Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 28 (1878)
= Melothria fluminensis var. ovata Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 585 (1881)
= Melothria fluminensis var. triangularis Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 28 (1878)
species :
Melothria hirsuta Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 28, t. 5 (1878)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná)
84 BRA
species :
Melothria longituba C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 33(2): 349 (1978), nom. nov.
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño, Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera scabra Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 2, 49: 192 (1880)
species :
Melothria pendula L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 35 (1753)
Name: Creeping Cucumber, Cucum Sauvage, Wild Cucumber (Trinidad & Tobago); Guadeloupe cucumber, Pepinito
Distribution: China [I] (Macao [I]); Taiwan [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do N-Brazil, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Itapua, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)
36 chi 38 tai 42 bor lsi mly phi sul 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB STE STK STL STV TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera gracilis Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 99 (1844)
= Bryonia convolvulifolia Schltdl.; Linnaea 26: 640 (1853 publ. 1855)
= Bryonia filiformis Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 727 (1832)
= Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 15 (1826)
= Bryonia melothria Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 173 (1766)
= Cucumis glaber Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 240 (1788)
= Diclidostigma melothrioides Kunze; Linnaea 17: 577 (1843)
= Landersia pervaga Macfad.; Fl. Jamaica [Macfadyen] 2: 142 (1837), nom. inval.
= Melothria chlorocarpa Engelm. ex S.Watson; Bibliogr. Index N. Amer. Bot. 395 (1878)
= Melothria edulis Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 15 (1838), nom. superfl.
= Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 580 (1881)
= Melothria microcarpa Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 112 (1866)
= Melothria monoica Schrad. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 123 (1841)
= Melothria nigra Raf.; Ann. Nat. 15 (1820)
= Melothria obtusiloba Spruce ex Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 585 (1881), nomen
= Melothria pendula var. chlorocarpa (Engelm.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 587 (1881)
= Melothria pendula var. microcarpa (Griseb.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 587 (1881)
= Melothria pervaga (Macfad.) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 289 (1860)
= Melothria punctata Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 15 (1838)
= Melothria repanda Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 14 (1838)
variant :
var. aspera Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 587 (1881)
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria microcarpa Shuttlew. ex Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 1284 (1933), nom. illeg.
= Melothria nashii Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 483 (1898)
variant :
var. crassifolia (Small) Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 88 (1916)
Distribution: USA (Florida, Georgia)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria crassifolia Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 483 (1898)
species :
Melothria pringlei (S.Watson) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 46 (1955)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Sonora); Honduras
79 MEX 80 HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera pringlei S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 149 (1890), et in Bot. Gaz. 16: 83 (1891)
species :
Melothria scabra Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 10 (1866)
Distribution: ?Honduras; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Tolima); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria costensis C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 33(2): 349 (1978)
= Melothria donnell-smithii Cogn. ex Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 9 (1891)
= Melothria donnell-smithii var. hirtella Cogn.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 9 (1891)
= Melothria donnell-smithii var. rotundifolia Cogn.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 9 (1891)
species :
Melothria schulziana Mart.Crov.; Darwiniana 8: 51 I (1949)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Central); Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
species :
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner; Taxon 60(1): 134 (2011)
Name: Kakri (Trinidad & Tobago)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Uganda; Angola; Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Barinas, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Lara, Merida, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira?, Yaracuy); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); SE-Brazil
22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cladosicyos edulis Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 534 (1871)
= Corynosicyos edulis (Hook.f.) F.Muell.; Select. Pl., ed. 2: 59 (1876)
= Cucumeropsis edulis (Hook.f.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 518 (1881)
= Cucumeropsis mackennii K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 96 (1866), nom. subnud.
= Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 30 (1866)
= Cucurbitella ecuadorensis Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 233 (1916)
= Momordica procera A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 291 (1920), nomen
= Posadaea sphaerocarpa Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 2, 20: 477 (1890)
species :
Melothria trilobata Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 26 (1878)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; Ecuador; Bolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Amazonas)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria angustiloba Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 579 (1881)
= Melothria heteroloba Pittier; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 6: 200 (1940)
= Melothria trilobata var. costaricensis Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 81 (1916)
= Melothria trilobata var. sphaerocarpa Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 578 (1881)
species :
Melothria uliginosa Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 26 (1878)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes)
84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria uliginosa var. major Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 26 (1878)
species :
Melothria warmingii Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 27 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Paraguari); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria hookeri Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 588 (1881)
= Melothria warmingii var. petiolata Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 589 (1881)
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