Biology:Melothria pringlei
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Melothria pringlei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Melothria |
| Species: | M. pringlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Melothria pringlei (S.Watson) Mart.Crov.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Apodanthera pringlei S.Watson | |
Melothria pringlei is a species of flowering plant in the cucurbit family, with a native range spanning Mexico to Honduras.[1] It was first described by Sereno Watson in 1890 and placed in the genus Apodanthera,[2] but was reclassified as belonging to the genus Melothria in 1954 by Raul Martinez Crovetto.[3] Melothria pringlei has a prostrate habit, with scabrous stems that root where they touch the ground.[4] Its leaves are scabrous and lobed, and grow 1–3 in (2.5–7.6 cm) in length, with a slightly smaller width.[4] It is a monoecious species,[5] with each plant producing both male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers, which are small.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melothria pringlei (S.Watson) Mart.Crov.". Kew Science. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157074-2.
- ↑ "Apodanthera pringlei". https://www.ipni.org/n/16701-2.
- ↑ "Melothria pringlei". https://www.ipni.org/n/157074-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Watson, Sereno (1889). "Contributions to American Botany". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 124–163. doi:10.2307/20020431. ISSN 0199-9818. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20020431.
- ↑ "Melothria L.". Kew Science. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30043481-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q15536247 entry
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