| Melothria | |
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| Melothria pendula (creeping cucumber) fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Benincaseae |
| Genus: | Melothria L. |
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List
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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.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
- 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
- Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753)
- ^ "Melothria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- 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.