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The genus Melothria is in the family Cucurbitaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melothria

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melothria abyssinica Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria affinis King	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria angulata Chakrav.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria antunesii Harms & Gilg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria argentea Domin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria baueriana F.Muell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria breyeri Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria carnosula Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria ciprianii Pic.Serm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria cissybium M.Jacobs	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria cogniauxiana De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria crassifolia Small	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria cucumerina Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria cucumis Vell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria cunninghamii F.Muell. ex Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria domingensis Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria dulcis Wunderlin	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria edulis Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria fernandensis Hutch. & Dalziel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria floribunda Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria friesiana Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria gilgiana Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria gourmaensis A.Chev.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria gracilipes Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria hirsuta Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria hispidula Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria ledermannii Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria lobata Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria longipedunculata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria longituba C. Jeffrey	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria louisii Robyns	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria membranifolia Cogn. ex Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria micrantha F.Muell. ex Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria microcarpa Shuttlew. ex Small	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria microsperma Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria mildbraedii Gilg & Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria monoica Schrad. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria muelleri Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria nashii Small	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria natalensis Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria nigra Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria obtusiloba Spruce ex Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria ovata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria pendula L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Melothria perpusilla (Blume) Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria pervaga Griseb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria pringlei (S.Watson) Mart.Crov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria pulchra Buscal. & Muschl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria punctatissima Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria rauwenhoffii Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria rechingeri Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria regelii Naudin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria repanda Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria rostrata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria scabra Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria schulziana M. Crovetto	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria scrobiculata Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria simplicifolia Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria stolzii Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria subpellucida Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria tomentosa Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria triangularis Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria trifoliata (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria trifoliolata (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria trilobata Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria uliginosa Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria velutina Cogn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria warmingii Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melothria zehnerioides Haines	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria zeylanica C.B.Clarke	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melothria zeylanica K.D.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 105 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melothria. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melothria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 105 species names for the genus Melothria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	13.3%
◕	Synonym	20	19.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	71	67.6%

All names

The status of the 114 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melothria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	13.2%
◕	Synonym	28	24.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	71	62.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 105 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melothria, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	14	16	0	0	30	28.6%
	Low confidence	0	4	0	71	75	71.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Melothria is as follows: