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Melonleaves
Cayaponia
Cayaponia is the largest genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, with about 60 species. The plants are referred to as melonleaf. They are common from the southern United States to South America. Some species are also found in western Africa, Madagascar, and Fernando de Noronha, which is about 354km off the coast of Brazil. It is native the southern United States to central South America and the Caribbean islands. Most species are found in rainforests and...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cayaponia podantha
speciesCayaponia podantha
fivelobe cucumber
speciesCayaponia quinqueloba
Cayaponia martiana
speciesCayaponia martiana
melonleaf
speciesCayaponia bonariensis
mountain melonleaf
speciesCayaponia racemosa
Cayaponia attenuata
speciesCayaponia attenuata
Cayaponia tayuya
speciesCayaponia tayuya
American melonleaf
speciesCayaponia americana
Cayaponia espelina
speciesCayaponia espelina
Cayaponia citrullifolia
speciesCayaponia citrullifolia
Cayaponia pilosa
speciesCayaponia pilosa
Cayaponia cruegeri
speciesCayaponia cruegeri
Cayaponia buraeavii
speciesCayaponia buraeavii
Cayaponia rigida
speciesCayaponia rigida
Cayaponia palmata
speciesCayaponia palmata
Cayaponia africana
speciesCayaponia africana
Cayaponia amazonica
speciesCayaponia amazonica
Cayaponia noronhae
speciesCayaponia noronhae
Cayaponia simplicifolia
speciesCayaponia simplicifolia
Cayaponia tubulosa
speciesCayaponia tubulosa
Cayaponia longiloba
speciesCayaponia longiloba
Cayaponia cabocla
speciesCayaponia cabocla
Cayaponia granatensis
speciesCayaponia granatensis
Cayaponia selysioides
speciesCayaponia selysioides
Cayaponia botryocarpa
speciesCayaponia botryocarpa
Cayaponia weddellii
speciesCayaponia weddellii
Cayaponia glandulosa
speciesCayaponia glandulosa
Cayaponia capitata
speciesCayaponia capitata
Cayaponia domingensis
speciesCayaponia domingensis
Cayaponia coriacea
speciesCayaponia coriacea
Cayaponia denticulata
speciesCayaponia denticulata
Cayaponia breviloba
speciesCayaponia breviloba
Cayaponia jenmanii
speciesCayaponia jenmanii
Cayaponia ophthalmica
speciesCayaponia ophthalmica
Cayaponia alarici
speciesCayaponia alarici
Cayaponia diversifolia
speciesCayaponia diversifolia
Cayaponia duckei
speciesCayaponia duckei
Cayaponia gracillima
speciesCayaponia gracillima
Cayaponia bonplandii
speciesCayaponia bonplandii
Cayaponia laciniosa
speciesCayaponia laciniosa
Cayaponia laxa
speciesCayaponia laxa
Cayaponia lhotzkyana
speciesCayaponia lhotzkyana
Cayaponia membranacea
speciesCayaponia membranacea
Cayaponia oppositifolia
speciesCayaponia oppositifolia
Cayaponia peruviana
speciesCayaponia peruviana
Cayaponia tessmannii
speciesCayaponia tessmannii
Cayaponia ulei
speciesCayaponia ulei
Cayaponia villosissima
speciesCayaponia villosissima
Cayaponia ternata
speciesCayaponia ternata
Cayaponia tibiricae
speciesCayaponia tibiricae
Cayaponia setulosa
speciesCayaponia setulosa
Cayaponia boliviensis
speciesCayaponia boliviensis
Cayaponia hammelii
speciesCayaponia hammelii
Cayaponia biflora
speciesCayaponia biflora
Cayaponia sessiliflora
speciesCayaponia sessiliflora
Cayaponia fluminensis
speciesCayaponia fluminensis
Cayaponia nitida
speciesCayaponia nitida
Cayaponia ovata
speciesCayaponia ovata
Cayaponia ferruginea
speciesCayaponia ferruginea
Cayaponia triangularis
speciesCayaponia triangularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 156992.