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Melothria
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.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
creeping cucumber
speciesMelothria pendula
Mexican Sour Gherkin
speciesMelothria scabra
Melothria campestris
speciesMelothria campestris
Melothria trilobata
speciesMelothria trilobata
Melothria cucumis
speciesMelothria cucumis
Melothria warmingii
speciesMelothria warmingii
Melothria dulcis
speciesMelothria dulcis
Melothria sphaerocarpa
speciesMelothria sphaerocarpa
Melothria pringlei
speciesMelothria pringlei
Melothria longituba
speciesMelothria longituba
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126427.