Melothria pendula

Melothria pendula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Melothria
Species: Melothria pendula
Varieties: M. p. var. aspera – M. p. var. crassifolia

Name

Melothria pendula L., Sp. Pl. 35 1753.

Synonyms

• Apodanthera gracilis Benth.
• Bryonia convolvulifolia Schltdl.
• Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng.
• Bryonia melothria Crantz
• Cucumis glaber Walt.
• Diclidostigma melothrioides Kunze
• Landersia pervaga Macfad.
• Melothria chlorocarpa Engelm. ex S. Wats.
• Melothria donnell-smithii Cogn. ex J. D. Smith
• Melothria donnell-smithii var. hirtella Cogn.
• Melothria donnell-smithii var. rotundifolia Cogn.
• Melothria edulis Rafin.
• Melothria guadalupensis (Sprengel) Cogn.
• Melothria microcarpa Griseb.
• Melothria monoica Schrad. ex Steud.
• Melothria nigra Rafin.
• Melothria obtusiloba Spruce ex Cogn.
• Melothria pendula var. chlorocarpa (Engelm.) Cogn.
• Melothria pervaga Griseb.
• Melothria punctata Rafin.
• Melothria repanda Rafin.

Homonyms

• Melothria pendula Brewer & S. Watson = Echinopepon bigelovii (S. Wats.) S. Wats.
• Melothria pendula Sieber ex Cogn. = Momordica charantia subsp. charantia

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America 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, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Isla Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Itapua, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes), Belize, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do N-Brazil, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), C-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Caquet, Cauca, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 35

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Melothria pendula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melothria pendula. Published online. Accessed: Dec 25 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Melothria pendula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Melothria pendula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melothria pendula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Guadeloupe cucumber
español: Fruta de culebra, Jabilla, Necha
中文: 垂瓜果

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