Cayaponia quinqueloba

Get help with this component

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:CUCURBITACEAE
Species:Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
Common Name:Five Lobe Cucumber; Five Lobe Melonleaf
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Five Lobe Cucumber is a native perennial herbaceous vine in the Cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae). It can be found in scattered locations throughout Alabama. Five Lobe Cucumber occurs in bottomland hardwood forests, in low woods, and on the banks of streams and rivers. It is an herbaceous vine climbing by unbranched tendrils. The vines are up to 10-15 feet in length. Stems are green in color and pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, ovate to palmately 3-5 lobed in outline, with serrate margins. The petioles are pubescent and stipitate glandular. The leaves are sparsely short pubescent. Flowers are 3-5 in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are either pistillate or staminate. The corolla is bell shaped with 5 white petals that are joined for ½-2/3 of their length. The fruit is a scarlet cylindrical pepo (a fleshy berry like fruit with a harden outer rind).—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW- (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCUCURBITACEAE - Cucumber family
Genus Cayaponia
Species Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners - Five Lobe Cucumber; Five Lobe Melonleaf

Citation

Citation Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners, Field & Lab. 25(1): 32. 1957.
Basionym: Arkezostis quinqueloba Raf. 1836.
Type: "Florida and Georgia",

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Arkezostis quinqueloba Arkezostis quinqueloba Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 100. 1838 ("1836"). "Florida and Georgia"
Bryonia boykinii Bryonia boykinii Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1; 540. 1840.  
Melothria grandifolia Melothria grandifolia Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 541. 1840.  
Cayaponia boykinii Cayaponia boykinii (Torrey & A. Gray) Cogniaux, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 766. 1881.Bryonia boykinii Torrey & A. Gray 1840. 
Cayaponia grandifolia Cayaponia grandifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 496. 1897.Melothria grandifolia Torrey & A. Gray 1840. 
Trianosperma boykinii Trianosperma boykinii (Torrey & A. Gray) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 45. 1846.Bryonia boykinii Torrey & A. Gray 1840. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1998 - 2022

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU120757 Talladega 29 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13779		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UNA00059457 Madison 08 Aug 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9827		 UNA
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
AMAL00020251 Elmore 01 Aug 1978 Kral, Robert
62373		 AMAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
UWAL0050301 Montgomery 13 Jul 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29351		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UNA00045733 Geneva 08 Jun 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11396		 UNA
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
AMAL00017241 St. Clair 28 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4915		 AMAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
TROY000018519 Madison 08 Aug 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9827		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
JSU120753 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6865		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
AUA_ACC_40693 Talladega 29 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R.David
13779		 AUA
Cayaponia Quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
TROY000049855 Elmore 18 Jun 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29336		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
JSU120755 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0007381 St. Clair 28 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4915		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
TROY000004166 Escambia 10 Jun 2001 Searcy, Darryl
s.n.		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
AUA_ACC_39009 Dallas 13 Aug 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1019		 AUA
Cayaponia Quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
JSU120758 Talladega 29 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13779		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0057079 Dallas 10 Jun 2022 England, Kevin J.
13023		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0001807 Montgomery 30 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21511		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
UNA00060375 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13497		 UNA
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
AMAL00006539 Madison 08 Aug 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9827		 AMAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
ALNHS00006803 Butler 27 Aug 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5264		 ALNHS
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
TROY000032483 Butler 18 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22351		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
AMAL00000315 Sumter 04 Oct 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5629		 AMAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0042906 Baldwin 04 May 2010 Larsen, Harry S.
1753		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
TROY000004167 Monroe 13 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18099		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
TROY000031900 Montgomery 30 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21511		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0007382 Sumter 04 Oct 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5629		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
JSU120756 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
SAMF0007426 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6440		 SAMF
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
JSU120752 Baldwin 8 Oct 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10867		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UNA00056010 Geneva 29 Jun 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11522		 UNA
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
AUA_ACC_63029 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13497		 AUA
Cayaponia Quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
TROY000051331 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9731		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
JSU120754 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6865		 JSU
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0008486 Butler 18 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22351		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
TROY000017472 St. Clair 28 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4915		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
UWAL0033734 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9731		 UWAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
AMAL00006540 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13497		 AMAL
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
TROY000004168 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13497		 TROY
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Rafinesque) Shinners
AUA_ACC_61180 Choctaw 25 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1171		 AUA
Cayaponia Quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Records per Page: