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Pantelleria al Lago, Vulcano a Vulcanello al Porto di Ponente (Lojacono 1891); Vulcano: Istmo
Vulcanello, Porto Ponente, Lentia, Gelso (Ferro & Furnari 1970). – R.

** Cucumis melo L., Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753)
Cultivated. – Widely cultivated for the food market. – C.

** Cucumis sativus L., Sp. Pl.: 1012 (1753)
Cultivated. – Found in gardens but never spontaneous. – C.

** Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser.
3: 435 (1930) [Bas. Cucurbita siceraria Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 133 (1782)]
Cultivated. – Sicilia (Raimondo & al. 2005). Widely cultivated and important for popular cul-
ture, however never spontaneous.

** Cucurbita pepo L., Sp. Pl.: 1010 (1753)
Cultivated. – Widely cultivated for the food market. – C.

** Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poir., Dict. Sci. Nat. 11: 234 (1818)
Cultivated. – Rarely cultivated, sometimes grown wild. – C.

** Cucurbita maxima Duchesne in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 151 (1786)
Cultivated. – In gardens and in small allotments. – C.

1350. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150 (1800) [Bas. Sicyos edulis Jacq.,
Enum. Syst. Pl.: 82 (1760)]
Uncultivated grassy ground, hedges. – Spontaneous according to Greuter & al. (1986). – R.
1351. Sicyos angulatus L., Sp. Pl.: 1013 (1753)
Uncultivated grassy ground, hedges. – Spontaneous according to Greuter & al. (1986). – R.

CACTACEAE
1352. Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8., n. 2 (1768) [O. ficus-barbarica
A. Berger]
Dry localities and cliffs. – Introduced in Europe by C. Colombus. Widely cultivated for fruit,
hedges and naturalized. – CC.

1353. Opuntia monacantha (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 81 (1819) [Bas.
Cactus monacanthos Willd. ex Schltdl., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl.: 33 (1813)]
Dry localities and cliffs. – Southern-American occasionally naturalized in Sicily (Mazzola
1983); S.S. 113 in Contrada Salinelle presso Cefalù (Raimondo & Mazzola 1984). – C.
1354. Opuntia robusta J. C. Wendl. in Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 165 (1837)
Dry localities and cliffs. – Southern-American widely naturalized in Sicily (Mazzola 1983). – C.

1355. Opuntia amyclaea Ten., Fl. Neap. Prod. App. v. 15 [O. maxima Auct.; Cactus max-
imus Colla]
Dry localities and cliffs. – Ustica, Panaria, Basiluzzo, Lipari (Gussone 1832); Salina, Stromboli
(Zodda 1904); Siracusa (Zodda 1929); Naturalizzata a M. Pellegrino (Raimondo ed. 1992). – C.