Melothria

Life-forms

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: M. crassifolia – M. campestris – M. cucumis – M. dulcis – M. longituba – M. microcarpa – M. nashii – M. pendula – M. perpusilla – M. pringlei – M. scabra – M. schulziana – M. sphaerocarpa – M. trilobata – M. uliginosa – M. warmingii
Name

Melothria L. Sp. Pl. 1: 35. (1753)
Type species: Melothria pendula L. Sp. Pl. 1: 35. (1753)

Synonyms

Aechmandra Arn.
Allagosperma M. Roem.
Alternasemina Silva Manso
Diclidostigma Kunze
Landersia Macfad.
Melancium Naudin
Posadaea Cogn.
Cucumeropsis Naudin

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

Additional references

Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2011) Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), Taxon, 60 (1): 122–138. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 Aug 26.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Melothria. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melothria. Published online. Accessed: Dec 25 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Melothria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Melothria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25.

Vernacular names
한국어: 새박속
svenska: Melotgurkssläktet
中文: 马㼎儿属

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.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

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.