Echinopepon Explained

Echinopepon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Tendrillate vines, their prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Butterwick . Mary . Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family. Canotia . 12 . 55–85 . 11 December 2020 .
2. Web site: Echinopepon Naudin . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 11 December 2020 .