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Cucumis melo L.
cantaloupe

       
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Photo of Cucumis melo L.
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Images:
Cucumis melo L.

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Synonyms:
Cucumis melo L.

  CUMED Cucumis melo L. var. dudaim (L.) Naud.
 

Distribution:
Cucumis melo L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Cucumis melo L.

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 8 species in Cucumis
 

Classification:
Cucumis melo L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Violales
Family Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus Cucumis L. – melon
Species Cucumis melo L. – cantaloupe
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cucumis melo L.

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
Cucumis melo var. dudaim
dudaim melon, Queen Anne's melon              Prohibited noxious weed
California:
Cucumis melo var. dudaim
dudaim melon              A list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cucumis melo L.

cantalope
Cucumis melo var. dudaim
Armenian cucumber
Dudaim melon
snake cucumber

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Cucumis melo L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cucumis melo L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22362.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cucumis melo L.

Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System: abstract & image

Free-living Cucurbita pepo in the U.S.: Viral Resistance, Gene Flow, and Risk Assessment

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

 
 
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