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AMERICAN MELONLEAF
Y
N
N
N
FAC
americana
(Lam.)Cogn.
Accepted Name
FIVELOBE MELONLEAF
Y
N
FAC
N
N
FAC
quinqueloba
(Raf.)Shinners
Accepted Name
WATERMELON; CITRON
N
N
N
N
UPL
lanatus
(Thunb.)Matsum. & Nakai
Accepted Name
IVY GOURD; SCARLETFRUIT IVY GOURD
N
N
N
N
grandis
(L.)Voigt
Accepted Name
GOOSEBERRY GOURD; WEST INDIAN GHERKIN
N
N
N
N
anguria
L.
Accepted Name
AFRICAN HORNED CUCUMBER
N
N
N
N
metulifer
E.Meyer ex Naudin
Accepted Name
SEMINOLE PUMPKIN; CROOKNECK SQUASH
N
N
N
N
moschata
Duchesne
Accepted Name
OKEECHOBEE GOURD
Y
N
N
N
OBL
This taxon is closely related to C. lundelliana and C. martinezii, taxa of Mexico and Central America (Castellanos-Morales et al. 2018).
okeechobeensis
(Small) L.H.Bailey
Endangered-State
Endangered-US
Accepted Name
BOTTLE GOURD
N
N
N
N
This plant has been identified in archaeological remains in Florida suggesting indigenous cultivation and use (Hutchinson et al. 2016). American cultivars are apparently derived from African lineages, and perhaps were first introduced to the Americas from Africa by oceanic currents. Wild American populations may have gone extinct long ago and only cultivated strains persisted in the Americas (Kistler et al. 2014).
siceraria
(Molina)Standl.
Accepted Name
VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH
N
N
N
N
The name Luffa cylindrica is sometimes applied to this species (Jarvis 2007).
aegyptiaca
Mill.
Accepted Name
CHAYOTE
N
N
N
N
This species is now considered part of the genus Sicyos (Sebastian et al. 2012).
edulis
Jacq.