Plants Profile for Cucumis melo (cantaloupe)

General Information
Symbol:	CUME
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Vine
Native Status:	CAN W L48 I PB I PR I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CUMED	Cucumis melo L. var. dudaim (L.) Naud.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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	Cucumis L. – melon
Species	Cucumis melo L. – cantaloupe

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Arizona Cucumis melo var. dudaim dudaim melon, Queen Anne's melon Prohibited noxious weed
California Cucumis melo var. dudaim dudaim melon A list (noxious weeds)

U.S. Weed Information
Cucumis melo Armenian cucumber Dudaim melon cantalope snake cucumber Cucumis melo var. dudaim Armenian cucumber Dudaim melon snake cucumber This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

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