Melothria

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
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Species

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

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.

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