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Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family
Literature
Jeffrey, C. (1978) Cucurbitaceae FZ 4
Description of the family
Climbing or prostrate, annual or perennial, monoecious or dioecious, herbs, less often woody lianes, rarely erect herbs without tendrils. Leaves alternate, palmately veined and often palmately lobed. Tendrils usually 1 at each node, rarely 0. Flowers unisexual, epigynous, axillary. Glandular bract-like "probracts" sometimes present at base of peduncles. Petals usually 5, free or united; corolla usually actinomorphic. Stamens basically 5 but commonly modified; staminodes often present in female flowers. Ovary inferior, 1(-3)-locular. Style with 2 or 3 lobes or styles 3. Fruit a capsule, berry or hard-shelled pepo. Worldwide: 120 genera and 775 species, mainly in tropical and warm areas, with a few temperate species. |
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Links to genera: (22)
| Genus | Content |
| Acanthosicyos Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. | |
| Coccinia Wight & Arn. | Description, Image |
| Corallocarpus Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Ctenolepis Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Cucumella Chiov. | |
| Cucumis L. | Description, Image |
| Cyclantheropsis Harms | Description, Image |
| Diplocyclos (Endl.) Post. & Kuntze | |
| Eureiandra Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Gerrardanthus Hook. f. | Description |
| Kedrostis Medik. | |
| Lagenaria Ser. | Description, Image |
| Luffa Mill. | Description, Image |
| Momordica L. | Description, Image |
| Mukia Arn. | Description, Image |
| Oreosyce Hook. f. | |
| Peponium Engl. | Description, Image |
| Raphidiocystis Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Telfairia Hook. | Description, Image |
| Trochomeria Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Zehneria Endl. | Description |
Other sources of information about Cucurbitaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Cucurbitaceae pageGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cucurbitaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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