Echinopepon
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| Echinopepon wrightii in bloom | |
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| Close-up of Echinopepon wrightii fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Sicyoeae |
| Genus: | Naudin[1] |
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Echinopepon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.[2] Tendrillate vines, their prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.[3]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- 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
- ^ Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 6: 17 (1866)
- ^ a b c "Echinopepon Naudin". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Butterwick, Mary. "Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family" (PDF). Canotia. 12: 55–85. Retrieved 11 December 2020.