Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family
Jeffrey, C. (1978) Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 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. Mozambique: 22 genera and 67 taxa. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Acanthosicyos Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. | Description, Image |
| Coccinia Wight & Arn. | Description, Image |
| Corallocarpus Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Ctenolepis Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Cucumella Chiov. | Description |
| Cucumis L. | Description, Image |
| Cyclantheropsis Harms | Description, Image |
| Diplocyclos (Endl.) Post. & Kuntze | Description |
| Eureiandra Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Gerrardanthus Hook. f. | Description |
| Kedrostis Medik. | Description |
| Lagenaria Ser. | Description, Image |
| Luffa Mill. | Description, Image |
| Momordica L. | Description, Image |
| Mukia Arn. | Description, Image |
| Oreosyce Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Peponium Engl. | Description, Image |
| Raphidiocystis Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Telfairia Hook. | Description, Image |
| Trochomeria Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Zehneria Endl. | Description |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CucurbitaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cucurbitaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cucurbitaceae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cucurbitaceae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cucurbitaceae
Wikipedia: Cucurbitaceae
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Tropicos: Cucurbitaceae