PLANTS Profile for Cayaponia quinqueloba (fivelobe cucumber)

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Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
fivelobe cucumber

Symbol:

CAQU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

Carl Hunter. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

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Synonyms:
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

	CABO11	Cayaponia boykinii (Torr. & A. Gray) Cogn.
	CAGR17	Cayaponia grandifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Small

Distribution:
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX)

Related Taxa:
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 3 species in Cayaponia

Classification:
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Cayaponia Silva Manso – melonleaf
Species	Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners – fivelobe cucumber

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW-

FACW-

FAC

Cayaponia grandifolia:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22352.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:24 PM CST