| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucurbitaceae | Cayaponia |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | |||
| Cucurbitaceae | Cayaponia americana | American Melonleaf | Rockland hammocks, in tree-fall gaps. | S. Florida; West Indies. |  (c) Bradley, Keith - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cayaponia quinqueloba | Five-lobe-cucumber | Swamp forests, river banks, hammocks. | E. North Carolina (historically), e. South Carolina south to Georgia and Florida Panhandle, west to e. Texas, north in the interior to w. Tennessee. The North Carolina occurrence is based on a 19th century collection by M.A. Curtis with locality data as only "North Carolina", but in his hand; we accept this as likely accurate documentation, and map it in the Coastal Plain, near known occurrences nearby across the South Carolina line. | (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Citrullus | Watermelon |  (c) Campos, Aidan | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Citrullus amarus | Citron Melon | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Africa. See Barger et al. (2019) for details on the record from Montgomery County, Alabama. |  (c) dune_ninja - CC0 |
| Cucurbitaceae | Citrullus colocynthis | Colocynth | On ballast, presumably only a waif. | Native of w. Asia and Mediterranean Africa and Europe. |  (c) Johnson, Tim - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Citrullus lanatus | Watermelon, Chouquechi (frc), Citrouille (fr) | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of n. Africa. |  (c) Campbell, Kyle - CC-BY-ND |
| Cucurbitaceae | Coccinia | Ivy Gourd |  (c) Yakovlev, Dr. Alexey - CC-BY | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Coccinia grandis | Ivy Gourd | Disturbed areas, escaped from cultivation. | Native of sub-Saharan Africa. | (c) Yakovlev, Dr. Alexey - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Ctenolepis |  (c) Taylor, Robert - CC-BY | |||
| Cucurbitaceae | Ctenolepis cerasiformis | Waif on ore piles. | Native of Africa. | (c) Taylor, Robert - CC-BY | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis | Canteloupe, Muskmelon, Cucumber |  (c) Tasney, Greg - CC-BY-SA | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis anguria var. anguria | Bur Gherkin | Disturbed areas. | Native of Africa. | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus | West Indian Gherkin | Disturbed areas. | Native of Africa. Reported for Georgia (Jones & Coile 1988), Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen 2003, as C. anguria), and Alabama (Diamond & Woods 2009, as C. anguria). |  (c) Sonntag, Frederico Acaz - CC-BY-NC |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis dipsaceus | Open brushlands. | Native of e. Africa. |  (c) Figueiredo, Breno - CC-BY | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis melo var. cantalupo | Canteloupe, Muskmelon, Melon français (frc) | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of Asia. | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis melo var. inodorus | Honeydew, Winter Melon | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, sometimes cultivated in our area. | Native of Asia. |  (c) lr109 - CC-BY-NC |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis melo var. texanus | Gulf Coast Melon | Fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas; apparently evolved into a distinct variety in the southeastern United States from Asian stock introduced in the precolonial period. | Panhandle Florida south to peninsular Florida, west through s. Mississippi, s. Texas, and Mexico. |  (c) Acree, Chris - CC-BY-SA |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis metuliferus | African Horned Cucumber, Jelly Melon | Disturbed areas. | Native of Africa. |  (c) Uys, Wynand - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis sativus | Cucumber, Concombre (fr), Cocombe (frc), Giraumon (frc) | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of s. Asia. | (c) Tasney, Greg - CC-BY-SA |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita | Squash, Zucchini, Pumpkin, Gourd, Vegetable Marrow |  (c) Weakley, Alan | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita foetidissima | Coyote Gourd, Buffalo Gourd, Foetid Gourd, Chili Coyote, Missouri Gourd, Calabacilla Loca | Roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Missouri, Nebraska, se. Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California south to Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita maxima | Hubbard Squash, Pumpkin | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of South America. |  (c) Gerke, Matthew - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo | Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Scallop Squash, Pattypan Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Ornamental Gourd | Gardens, fields, trash heaps; commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, rarely volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of tropical America. | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana | Ozark Squash | Bottomlands, fields. | Illinois and Missouri south to c. Arkansas and e. Oklahoma. Also in n. Illinois in the Chicago area (Kartesz (2022), probably by introduction. |  (c) Kohout, Miranda - CC0 |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita melopepo var. texana | Texas Squash, Texas Gourd | Bottomlands. | Alabama west to se. New Mexico, south through Texas. |  (c) McFarland, Will - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita moschata | Butternut Squash, Seminole Pumpkin, Potiron (frc) | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, rarely volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of tropical America. |  (c) Pogacnik, Shaun - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita okeechobeensis | Okeechobee Gourd | Lake and river shorelines, swampy lake edges. | Endemic to Florida, north to Volusia and Lake counties, Florida. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita pepo | Pumpkin, Zucchini, Ornamental Gourd, Vegetable Marrow | Gardens, fields, trash heaps; commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of tropical America. | (c) Weakley, Alan |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbitaceae | Gourd Family | (c) Tasney, Greg - CC-BY-SA | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Cyclanthera |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. | |||
| Cucurbitaceae | Cyclanthera dissecta | Cutleaf Cyclanthera | Bottomlands, riparian areas. | Se. Texas (Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Grimes, Victoria counties); sometimes reported also as occurring in s. Mexico (Chiapas). |  (c) Keith, Eric - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cyclanthera naudiniana | Woodland Cyclanthera | Streamsides, rocky areas, roadsides, bottomlands, oak woodlands. | S. Nebraska and ne. Colorado south to c. Texas and New Mexico. | (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Cucurbitaceae | Ecballium | Squirting Cucumber |  (c) ramazan_murtazaliev - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Ecballium elaterium | Squirting Cucumber | On ballast, disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe, n. Africa, and w. Asia. | (c) ramazan_murtazaliev - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Echinocystis | Wild-cucumber |  (c) Oldham, Michael J. - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Echinocystis lobata | Wild Balsam-apple, Wild-cucumber | Bottomland forests and thickets. | New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan, south to nw. North Carolina, Georgia (?), Oklahoma, and New Mexico. | (c) Oldham, Michael J. - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Ibervillea | Globeberry |  (c) Campos, Aidan | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Ibervillea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Globeberry | Prairies, woodlands, and thickets. | Oklahoma and Panhandle Texas south through Texas to Coahuila and San Luis Potosí; Yucatán. | (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Cucurbitaceae | Lagenaria | Bottle Gourd |  (c) Marcial, Neptalí Ramírez - CC-BY | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Lagenaria siceraria ssp. siceraria | Bottle Gourd, Calabash Gourd | Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, rare as a volunteer from seed the following year. | Native of subsaharan Africa. One of the oldest cultivated plants. |  (c) Thrikkadeeri, Karthik - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Luffa | Luffa |  (c) Valke, Dinesh - CC-BY-SA | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Luffa acutangula var. acutangula | Angled Luffa, Ridged Gourd, Sponge Gourd | Gardens, fields, trash heaps; cultivated in home gardens, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of s. Asia. | (c) Valke, Dinesh - CC-BY-SA |
| Cucurbitaceae | Luffa aegyptiaca | Smooth Luffa, Sponge Gourd, Vegetable Sponge, Estropajo | Gardens, fields, trash heaps; commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year. | Native of s. Asia. |  (c) Pick, Michel - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Melothria | Melonette |  (c) McCormick, Carol Ann | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Melothria pendula | Melonette, Creeping Cucumber, Mouse Melon, Meloncito, Guaquillo | Bottomland forests, moist roadsides and disturbed areas, marshes. | District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia west to Indiana, south to Florida and Texas; also widespread in the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cucurbitaceae | Momordica | Balsam-apple, Bitter Melon |  (c) Horn, Jay | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Momordica balsamina | Balsam-apple, Bitter Melon | Disturbed areas. | Native of Africa. |  (c) Krishen, Pradip - CC0 |
| Cucurbitaceae | Momordica charantia ssp. charantia | Balsam-pear, Balsam-apple, Bitter Melon, Cerasee, Asosi | Disturbed areas, roadsides, fence-rows. | Native of Africa. Reported for Panhandle Florida by Anderson (2007) and Kunzer et al. (2009), and for Alabama by Diamond (2021). |  (c) Lin, Yung-Lun - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Sicyos | Bur-cucumber |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Sicyos angulatus | Bur-cucumber, Nimble-Kate, Star-cucumber | Moist forests and thickets. | S. Maine west to Minnesota and se. North Dakota, south to Panhandle Florida and c. Texas. | (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Cucurbitaceae | Sicyos edulis | Chayote, Mirliton (frc), Choko, Christophene, Vegetable-pear | Disturbed areas, persistent or weakly escaping from cultivation. | Native of s. Mexico. |  (c) Dupont, Patrice - CC-BY |
| Cucurbitaceae | Trichosanthes | Snake Gourd |  (c) Vinod, Paulmathi - CC-BY | ||
| Cucurbitaceae | Trichosanthes cucumerina | (c) Vinod, Paulmathi - CC-BY |