''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' were reassigned to '' Cucumis''.

Species

Currently accepted species include: *''

Melothria campestris ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' (Naudin) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner *''

Melothria cucumis ''Melothria cucumis'' is a species of flowering plant in the cucurbit family native to Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and parts of Argentina and Brazil. It is a herbaceous vine which produces oblong-ovoid green fruits long and wide. Plants ...

'' Vell. *''

Melothria dulcis ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' Wunderlin *''

Melothria hirsuta ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' Cogn. *''

Melothria longituba ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' C.Jeffrey *''

Melothria pendula ''Melothria pendula'', also known as the creeping cucumber or the Guadeloupe cucumber, is a plant in the Benincaseae Benincaseae is one of 15 Tribe (biology), tribes in the family Cucurbitaceae. Subtribes and genera Benincaseae consists of ...

'' L. *''

Melothria pringlei ''Melothria pringlei'' is a species of flowering plant in the cucurbit family, with a native range spanning Mexico to Honduras. It was first described by Sereno Watson in 1890 and placed in the genus '' Apodanthera'', but was reclassified as bel ...

'' (S.Watson) Mart.Crov. *'' Melothria scabra'' Naudin *''

Melothria schulziana ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' Mart.Crov. *''

Melothria sphaerocarpa ''Melothria sphaerocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant from the genus ''Melothria ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introducti ...

'' (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner *''

Melothria trilobata ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' Cogn. *''

Melothria warmingii ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' Cogn.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q138918 Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa described in 1753