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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucumis melo var. cantalupo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis melo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cucumis melo var. melo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Cucumis melo ssp. melo var. cantalupo

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cucumis melo

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-02-001:

Cucumis melo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cucumis melo

 

COMMON NAME:
Canteloupe, Muskmelon


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucumis melo var. cantalupo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis melo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucumis melo var. melo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Cucumis melo ssp. melo var. cantalupo

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cucumis melo

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-02-001:
Cucumis melo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cucumis melo

 

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4341

Herbaceous vine (with tendrils); Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately 3-5 lobed
Alternate
Petioles 2-15cm long, longer than the pedicels

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in axillary few-flowered fascicles

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry

 

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