Cucurbitaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 393. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Curcubitaceae. In: Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1980). A review of the Cucurbitaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 233–247.
  • Jeffrey, C. (2005). A new system of Cucurbitaceae. Bot. Zhurn. 90: 332–335.
  • de Wilde, W. J. J. O. & Duyfjes, B. E. E. (2008). Cucurbitaceae. In: T. Santisuk & K. Larsen (eds), Flora of Thailand 9 (4).

Neotropikey

  • APG II, (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399-436.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1996). A field guide to the families and genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
  • Jeffrey, C. & Trujillo, B. (1992). Cucurbitaceae in Flora de Venezuela 5(1): 1 - 201.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1980). A review of the Cucurbitaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 233-247.
  • Nee, M. (1990). The Domestication of Cucurbita. Economic Botany 44(suppl. 3): 53 - 68.
  • Souza, V.C. & Lorenzi, H. (2005). Botânica Sistemática: guia ilustrativo para identificação das famílias de Angiospermas da flora brasileira, baseado em APG II. Nova Odessa, Brazil: Instituto Plantarum.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • De Wilde, W. J. J. O & Duyfjes, B. E. E. (2008). Cucurbitaceae. In: T. Santisuk & K. Larsen (eds), Flora of Thailand 9 (4): 1–148.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1980). A review of the Cucurbitaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 233–247.
  • Taylor, N. & Zappi, D. (2009 onwards). Neotropical Cucurbitaceae. In: W. Milliken, B. Klitgaard & A. Baracat, Neotropikey—Interactive Key and Information Resources for Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Cucurbitaceae.htm.

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0