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Cucurbitaceae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 22337

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Bryoniaceae
 
    Cyclantheraceae
 
    Nhandirobaceae
 
    Zanoniaceae
 
  Common Name(s): gourds [English]
  
    squashes [English]
  
    citrouilles [French]
  
    gourdes [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRosanae   
                         OrderCucurbitales   
                            FamilyCucurbitaceae  – gourds, squashes, citrouilles, gourdes  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusApodanthera Arn.  
                               GenusBenincasa Savi  
                               GenusBrandegea Cogn. – starvine, desert starvine 
                               GenusBryonia L. – bryony 
                               GenusCayaponia Silva Manso – melonleaf 
                               GenusCitrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. – watermelon 
                               GenusCoccinia Wight & Arn.  
                               GenusCorallocarpus Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.  
                               GenusCtenolepis Hook. f.  
                               GenusCucumis L. – melon 
                               GenusCucurbita L. – gourd 
                               GenusCyclanthera Schrad.  
                               GenusDoyerea Grosourdy – doyeria 
                               GenusEcballium A. Rich. – squirting cucumber 
                               GenusEchinocystis Torr. & A. Gray  
                               GenusEchinopepon Naudin – balsam apple, wild balsam apple 
                               GenusFevillea L.  
                               GenusHodgsonia Hook. f. & Thomson  
                               GenusIbervillea Greene – globeberry 
                               GenusLagenaria Ser. – bottle gourd 
                               GenusLuffa Mill. – luffa, vegetable sponge, loofah 
                               GenusMarah Kellogg – manroot 
                               GenusMelothria L. – melonette 
                               GenusMomordica L. – balsam-apple, bitter melon, cundeamor 
                               GenusPsiguria Neck. ex Arn. – pygmymelon 
                               GenusSechium P. Browne  
                               GenusSicana Naudin  
                               GenusSicyos L. – bur cucumber 
                               GenusSicyosperma A. Gray – climbing arrowheads 
                               GenusTelfairia Hook.  
                               GenusThladiantha Bunge – golden creeper 
                               GenusTrichosanthes L.  
                               GenusTumamoca Rose – globeberry 
                               GenusZehneria Endl.  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: citrouilles[French], gourdes [French]   
       
  Source: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014, website (version 2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/   
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       
  Source: Cucurbitaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae   
  Page(s): 496   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-534027-2   
  Notes: The volumes are also reproduced online (http://www.fna.org/)   
  Reference for: Cucurbitaceae   
       

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