''Echinopepon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *'' Lagen ...

, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Tendrillate vines, their prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.

Species

Currently accepted species include: *'' Echinopepon arachoideus'' (Dieterle) A.K.Monro & Stafford *'' Echinopepon belizensis'' A.K.Monro & Stafford *'' Echinopepon calcitrapa'' McVaugh *'' Echinopepon cirrhopedunculatus'' Rose *'' Echinopepon coulteri'' (A.Gray) Rose *'' Echinopepon disjunctus'' Pozner *'' Echinopepon glutinosus'' (Cogn.) A.K.Monro & Stafford *'' Echinopepon insularis'' S.Watson *'' Echinopepon jaliscanus'' Rose *'' Echinopepon longispinus'' (Cogn.) Rose *'' Echinopepon milleflorus'' Naudin *'' Echinopepon minimus'' (Kellogg) S.Watson *'' Echinopepon paniculatus'' (Cogn.) Dieterle *'' Echinopepon pringlei'' Rose *'' Echinopepon pubescens'' (Benth.) Rose *'' Echinopepon racemosus'' (Steud.) C.Jeffrey *'' Echinopepon rosei'' (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner *'' Echinopepon torquatus'' (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Rose *'' Echinopepon tultitlanapaensis'' A.K.Monro & Stafford *'' Echinopepon wrightii'' (A.Gray) S.Watson

References

Cucurbitaceae genera {{Cucurbitales-stub