Cucurbitaceae
Marah

Marah macrocarpa (Greene) Greene

First published in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 36 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is California to Mexico (Baja California, Sonora). It is a climbing caudex geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

California, Mexico Northwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Bingham, R. F. (Mrs.)] [s.n.] United States K004420627 Yes
Epling, C.; Robison, W. [s.n.] Mexico K004420673 Yes
Abrams, L. [3130] United States K004420626 Yes
Epling, C. [s.n.] United States K004420631 Yes
Palmer, E. [668] Mexico K004420674 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004420634 Yes
Wiggins, I.L. [4231] Mexico K004420672 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K004420629 Yes
s.coll. [578] United States K004420623 Yes
Brewer, W.H. [150] United States K004420632 Yes
Dunn, G.W. [s.n.] United States K004420633 Yes
Parish, S.B. [2140] United States K004420622 Yes
Eastwood, A. [2806] United States K004420625 Yes
Eastwood, A. [2557] United States K004420624 Yes
Vasey, G.R. [24] United States K004420635 Yes
[Brandegee] [3429] United States K004420630 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images