PLANTS Profile for Melothria pendula (Guadeloupe cucumber)

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PLANTS Profile

Melothria pendula L.
Guadeloupe cucumber

Symbol:

MEPE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Melothria pendula L.

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Distribution:
Melothria pendula L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Melothria pendula L.

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 1 species in Melothria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Melothria pendula var. aspera
Guadeloupe cucumber

Melothria pendula var. crassifolia
Guadeloupe cucumber

Melothria pendula var. pendula
Guadeloupe cucumber

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Melothria pendula 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	Melothria L. – melothria
Species	Melothria pendula L. – Guadeloupe cucumber

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Melothria pendula L.

This plant 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 protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
squirting cucumber		Threatened
Indiana:
creeping cucumber		Extirpated
Maryland:
creeping cucumber		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Melothria pendula L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FACW

FAC

FACW-

FAC-

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Melothria pendula L.

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 22339.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 10:23 PM MDT