Echinopepon

Echinopepon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Tendrillate vines, their prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.

==Species== Currently accepted species include: Echinopepon arachoideus (Dieterle) A.K.Monro & Stafford Echinopepon belizensis A.K.Monro & Stafford Echinopepon calcitrapa McVaugh Echinopepon cirrhopedunculatus Rose Echinopepon coulteri (A.Gray) Rose Echinopepon disjunctus Pozner Echinopepon glutinosus (Cogn.) A.K.Monro & Stafford Echinopepon insularis S.Watson Echinopepon jaliscanus Rose Echinopepon longispinus (Cogn.) Rose Echinopepon milleflorus Naudin Echinopepon minimus (Kellogg) S.Watson Echinopepon paniculatus (Cogn.) Dieterle Echinopepon pringlei Rose Echinopepon pubescens (Benth.) Rose Echinopepon racemosus (Steud.) C.Jeffrey Echinopepon rosei (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner Echinopepon torquatus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Rose Echinopepon tultitlanapaensis A.K.Monro & Stafford Echinopepon wrightii (A.Gray) S.Watson