Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-05-001:
Cayaponia boykinii
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayaponia quinqueloba
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-05-001:
Cayaponia boykinii
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
3593
Climbing herbaceous vine
Monoecious
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare in GA & SC
Look for it in swamp forests, river banks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to Yellow
Unisexual
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed rotate corolla
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
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