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Alsomitra
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *'' Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Capricornica
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *'' Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Brasiliensis
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Beccariana
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Balansae
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Angustipetala
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *''Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Angulata
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *''Alsomitra angustipetala'' *''Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seedsAlsomitra macrocarpa seed


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Alsomitra Macrocarpa
''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines found in Southeast Asia, Australia and South America. The fruits or pepos are football-sized (about 300mm diameter) and bell-shaped, suspended high in the forest canopy, and are densely packed with large numbers of seeds. Remarkably the seeds have large, papery wings and when ripe they fall from the underside of the fruit and glide long distances. The plant was first described under the name Zanonia macrocarpa in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume from fruiting material collected on Mount Parang in Java. In 1843 Max Joseph Roemer published it under the name ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'', including 7 other ill-fitting species in the genus, a genus he did not define. In 1881 Alfred Cogniaux allocated the species to ''Macrozanonia macrocarpa''. The curren ...
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Cucurbitaceae Genera
The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *''Lagenaria'' – calabash, and others that are inedible *''Citrullus'' – watermelon (''C. lanatus'', ''C. colocynthis'') and others *''Cucumis'' – cucumber (''C. sativus''), various melons and vines *''Momordica'' – bitter melon *''Luffa'' – the common name is also luffa, sometimes spelled loofah (when fully ripened, two species of this fibrous fruit are the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge) *''Cyclanthera'' – Caigua The plants in this family are grown around the tropics and in temperate areas, where those with edible fruits were among the earliest cultivated plants in both the Old and New Worlds. The family Cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food. The name ''Cu ...
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Cucurbitaceae
The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *''Lagenaria'' – calabash, and others that are inedible *''Citrullus'' – watermelon (''C. lanatus'', ''C. colocynthis'') and others *''Cucumis'' – cucumber (''C. sativus''), various melons and vines *''Momordica'' – bitter melon *''Luffa'' – the common name is also luffa, sometimes spelled loofah (when fully ripened, two species of this fibrous fruit are the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge) *''Cyclanthera'' – Caigua The plants in this family are grown around the tropics and in temperate areas, where those with edible fruits were among the earliest cultivated plants in both the Old and New Worlds. The family Cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food. The name ' ...
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ...
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Squash (fruit)
''Cucurbita'' (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as ''cucurbits'' or ''cucurbi''), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds. They are variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd, depending on species, variety, and local parlance. Other kinds of gourd, also called bottle-gourds, are native to Africa and belong to the genus ''Lagenaria'', which is in the same family and subfamily as ''Cucurbita'', but in a different tribe. These other gourds are used as utensils or vessels, and their young fruits are eaten much like those of the ''Cucurbita'' species. Most ''Cucurbita'' species are herbaceous vines that grow several meters in length and have tendrils, but non-vining "bush" cultivars of ''C. pepo'' and ''C. maxima'' have also been developed. The yellow or orange flowers on a ''Cucurbita'' plant are of two types: female and male. The female flower ...
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