Flora of New York/Cucurbitales

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The Cucurbitales is primarily a tropical order of pants and contains fewer than a dozen species known to grow in the wild in New York. All of these species are in the family Cucurbitaceae, and only two of them are considered native to New York State. The remainder have been known to escape from cultivation in the state, but none of them appear to persist for long.

Order	Family	Tribe	Genera	G	T
Cucurbitales	Cucurbitaceae	Thladiantheae	Thladiantha (Manchu tubergourd)	1	1
		Bryonieae	Ecballium (squirting-cucumber)	1	1
		Sicyoeae	Echinocystis (wild cucumber) Sicyos (burr cucumber)	2	2
		Benincaseae	Citrullus (watermelon) Cucumis (melon) Lagenaria (bottle gourd)	3	5
		Cucurbiteae	Cucurbita (squash, pumpkin)	1	2

Family Cucurbitaceae

The tribe names and their membership used here for the Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) are from Schaefer & Renner (2011).

Tribe Sicyoeae

Genus Echinocystis

Echinocystis (wild cucumber) is a monotypic genus

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Sicyoeae – genus Echinocystis
Echinocystis	Wild cucumber	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray 1803. Sicyos lobatus  Michx. 1840. Echinocystis lobata  Torr. & A.Gray 1890. Micrampelis lobata  Greene	Wild cucumber, Prickly cucumber, Wild balsam-apple, Wild mock-cucumber Concombre grimpant, Concombre sauvage, Échinocyste lobé, Échinocystis lobé	Native, Secure WL: Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA-5 USDA-NN NEW Can ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp

Genus Sicyos

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Sicyoeae – genus Sicyos
Sicyos	Burr cucumber	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Sicyos angulatus  L. 1753. Sicyos "angulata"  L.	One-seeded burr-cucumber, Oneseed burr cucumber, Angled burr cucumber, Wall burr cucumber, Burr cucumber Sicyos anguleux	Native, Secure WL: Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA-5 USDA-NN NEW Can ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp

Tribe Benincaseae

Genus Citrullus

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Benincaseae – genus Citrullus
Citrullus	Watermelon	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Citrullus colocynthis  (L.) Schrad. 1753. Cucumis colocynthis  L. 1768. Anguria citrullus  Mill. 1833. Colocynthis vulgaris  Schrad. 1838. Citrullus colocynthis  (L.) Schrad.	Colocynth, Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Egusi, Vine of Sodom	Introduced from  Eurasia,  Africa, Impersistent Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA-X USDA-X0 NEW-0Can ARS ITIS BNA  Images, wsp
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai 1836. Citrullus vulgaris  Schrad. 1882. Citrullus citrullus  (L.) Karst. 1916. Citrullus lanatus  Matsum.& Nakai	Watermelon, Wild watermelon Pastèque, Melon d'eau	Introduced from  Africa, Impersistent WL: UPL Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA- USDA-XX NEW Can ARS ITIS BNA  Images, wsp

Genus Cucumis

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Benincaseae – genus Cucumis
Cucumis	Melon	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	3
Cucumis sativus  L.	Garden cucumber	Introduced from  southern Asia, Impersistent Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA-X USDA-XW NEW  Images, wsp
Cucumis anguria  L.	West Indian cucumber, West Indian gherkin	Introduced, Impersistent			NYFA-X USDA-XX Images, wsp
Cucumis melo	Cantaloupe	Introduced, Impersistent			NYFA-X USDA-XW Images, wsp

Genus Lagenaria

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Benincaseae – genus Lagenaria
Lagenaria	Gourd	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Lagenaria siceraria  (Molina) Standl.      Cucurbita lagenaria      Cucurbita siceraria      Lagenaria leucantha      Lagenaria vulgaris	Bottle gourd, White-flowered gourd	Introduced, Impersistent Annual, Herb-vine			NYFA-X USDA-XX NEW  Images, wsp

Tribe Cucurbiteae

Genus Cucurbita

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Cucurbiteae – genus Cucurbita
Cucurbita	Gourd	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	2
Cucurbita maxima  Duchesne Pepo maximus	Winter squash	Introduced, Impersistent			NYFA-X USDA-XX Images, wsp
Cucurbita pepo Cucurbita moschata Pepo moschatus Pepo pepo Pepo vulgaris	Field pumpkin	Introduced, Impersistent			NYFA-X USDA-MW Images, wsp

Tribe Thladiantheae

Genus Thladiantha

Mitchell (1997) lists Thladiantha dubia (Manchu tubergourd) as naturalized in New York. However, the New York Flora Atlas shows that no vouchered specimens have yet been collected for this plant.

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Thladiantheae – genus Thladiantha
Thladiantha Bunge	Thladiantha	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Thladiantha dubia  Bunge 1833. Thladiantha dubia Bunge	Manchu tubergourd, Goldencreeper, Wild potato, Red-hailstone Thladianthe douteuse	Introduced from  China, Korea, No specimens			NYFA-X USDA-XX NEW Can ARS  Trop. Images, wsp

Tribe Bryonieae

Genus Ecballium

fam. Cucurbitaceae – tribe Bryonieae – genus Ecballium
Ecballium	Squirting-cucumber	N.Y. Status	Images	Distribution	1
Ecballium elaterium  (L.) Rich. 1753. Momordica elaterium  L. 1824. Ecballium elaterium  (L.) Rich.	Squirting cucumber, Exploding cucumber Momordique	Introduced from  Eurasia,  northern Africa, Impersistent			NYFA-X USDA-X0 ARS  Images, wsp