Index / Search / Citrullus lanatus var. citroides

§1 Plant

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L.H. Bailey) Mansf.

vernacular watermelon — variety · Cucurbitaceae


USDA
CILAC
GBIF
3625694 syn.
Rank
variety
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides)
Platephotograph · Ahmad Fuad MoradCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Genus
Citrullus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 28 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 28 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 28 counties across 6 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CILAC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3625694 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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