Research Paper

Melothria pednula L. (Cucurbitaceae), A Newly Naturalized Plant in Taiwan

Tsai-Wen Hsu, Jen-Jye Peng, and Ho-Yih Liu

Published on: September 2001

Page: 193 - 198

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2001.46(3).193

Abstract

Melothria pendula L. (tribe Melothrieae), a New World Cucurbitaceace species, has been found in central Taiwan, and represents a new record of this genus and species for this island. This paper describes the morphology of the species and provides a line drawing and a key to the genera within the tribe Melothrieae in Taiwan.

中文摘要

本文報導最近在台灣中部發現之一種新歸化種—垂瓜果(Melothria pendula L., 垂瓜果族),本植物原產於新大陸,對台灣而言,其為新紀錄屬亦是新紀錄種。本植物以其果長柄、種子扁平、雄花序總狀及雄蕊三枚,其中二雄蕊2枚花藥,另一雄蕊1枚花藥,而與其它垂瓜果族的成員有所不同。本文對本植物進行形態觀察,提供彩色照片及繪圖,並提供臺灣垂瓜果族植物屬的檢索表。

Keyword: Cucurbitaceae, Melothria pendula, Naturalized plant, Taiwan, Taxonomy.

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