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Melothria pendula
creeping cucumber, drooping melonette, Guadeloupe cucumber, meloncito
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Melothria pendula L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Cucurbitales, Family Cucurbitaceae, Genus Melothria, Species Melothria pendula


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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5?
NatureServe State Rank:		TX: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	DeSoto National Memorial
Everglades National Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Piscataway Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Battlefield	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Virgin Islands National Park


Last Modified Date:	12/26/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/9/2025 4:25:02 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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