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'''''Echinopepon''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [[Cucurbitaceae]], native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.<ref name = "30015228-2" /> Its prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Butterwick |first1=Mary |date= |title=Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family|url=https://canotia.org/volumes/Canotia12-Cucurbitaceae-Butterwick-8-13-16.pdf |journal=Canotia |volume=12 |issue= |pages=55–85 |doi= |access-date=11 December 2020 }}</ref>
'''''Echinopepon''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [[Cucurbitaceae]], native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.<ref name = "30015228-2" /> Its prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Butterwick |first1=Mary |date= |title=Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family|url=https://canotia.org/volumes/Canotia12-Cucurbitaceae-Butterwick-8-13-16.pdf |journal=Canotia |volume=12 |issue= |pages=55–85 |doi= |access-date=11 December 2020 }}</ref>
[[File:Echinopepon wrightii - Flickr - aspidoscelis.jpg|thumb|left|Close-up of ''Echinopepon wrightii'' fruit]]
[[File:Echinopepon wrightii - Flickr - aspidoscelis.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of ''Echinopepon wrightii'' fruit]]
==Species==
==Species==
Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "30015228-2" >{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30015228-2 |title=''Echinopepon'' Naudin |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=11 December 2020 }}</ref>
Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "30015228-2" >{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30015228-2 |title=''Echinopepon'' Naudin |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=11 December 2020 }}</ref>

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Echinopepon
Echinopepon wrightii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Sicyoeae
Genus: Echinopepon
Naudin[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Apatzingania Dieterle
  • Vaseyanthus Cogn.

Echinopepon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.[2] Its prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.[3]

Close-up of Echinopepon wrightii fruit

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

  1. ^ Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 6: 17 (1866)
  2. ^ a b c "Echinopepon Naudin". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ Butterwick, Mary. "Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family" (PDF). Canotia. 12: 55–85. Retrieved 11 December 2020.