Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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Read more about Watermelon at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Citrullus citrullus
COMMON NAME:
Watermelon
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JK Marlow jkm200910_7172
September Greenville County SC
Corolla yellow, broadly campanulate, lobes about as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200914_7203
September Greenville County SC
Leaves pinnately lobed, the divisions rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Citrullus citrullus