PLANTS Profile for Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)

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PLANTS Profile

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
watermelon

Symbol:

CILA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Distribution:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai


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Related Taxa:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 2 species in Citrullus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum

Citrullus lanatus var. citroides
watermelon

Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
watermelon

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

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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	Citrullus Schrad. – watermelon
Species	Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai – watermelon

U.S. Weed Information:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
wild watermelon

The related entity 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.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

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:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, 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 22356.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 08:48 AM MDT