Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayaponia quinqueloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cayaponia quinqueloba
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cayaponia grandifolia
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cayaponia quinqueloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-05-001:
Cayaponia boykinii FAMILY Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cayaponia boykinii
COMMON NAME:
Five-lobed Cucumber, Melon-leaf Cucumber
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_caqu3_003_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_quinqueloba_6
August
Other floral whorls appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology (Harris & Harris, 1994).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_quinqueloba_5
September
Fruit surface red at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cayaponia_quinqueloba
September
Leaves palmately lobed, the divisions angular and toothed, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayaponia quinqueloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cayaponia quinqueloba
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cayaponia grandifolia
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cayaponia quinqueloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-05-001:
Cayaponia boykinii
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cayaponia boykinii
3593
Climbing herbaceous vine
Monoecious
Habitat: swamp forests, river banks, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to Yellow
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed rotate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
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