Benincaseae is one of 15
tribes
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in the family
Cucurbitaceae.
Subtribes and genera
Benincaseae consists of at least one subtribe, 26 genera, and over 200 species.
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Acanthosicyos
''Acanthosicyos'' is a genus of thorny shrubs of the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, subfamily Cucurbitoideae. The genus name derives from the Greek words "''akantha''" for thorn and "''sykios''" for cucumber or gourd. Species
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Benincasa
''Benincasa hispida'', the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the o ...
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Citrullus''
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Coccinia
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub- Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, a ...
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Diplocyclos''
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Lagenaria''
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Lemurosicyos
''Lemurosicyos'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family 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 m ...
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Praecitrillus''
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Raphidiocystis
''Raphidiocystis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa, Madagascar.
Species:
*''Raphidiocystis brachypoda''
*''Raphidiocystis chrysocoma''
*''Raphidiocystis jeffreyana''
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Ruthalicia''
Other:
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Blastania''
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Borneosicyos
''Borneosicyos'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Borneo.
Species:
*''Borneosicyos simplex''
References
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Cephalopentandra
''Cephalopentandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family 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 i ...
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Ctenolepis''
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Cucumis''
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Dactyliandra
''Dactyliandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family 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 impo ...
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Indomelothria
''Indomelothria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Indo-China to Western Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and ...
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Khmeriosicyos''
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Melothria
''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...
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Muellerargia''
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Papuasicyos
''Papuasicyos'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area ...
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Peponium
''Peponium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa, and Western Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, coveri ...
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Scopellaria
''Scopellaria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Southern Central China to Western and Central Malesia.
Species:
*''Scopellaria diversifolia''
*''Scopellaria marginata
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Solena''
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Trochomeria
''Trochomeria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa.
Species:
*''Trochomeria baumiana''
*''Trochomeria debilis''
*''Trochomeria hookeri''
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Zehneria
''Zehneria'' is a genus of flowering plants – of vines in the cucumber and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It contains about 35 species ranging from Africa, through Southeast Asia to Australia and Oceania. The name honours botanical artist Jos ...
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References
Rosid tribes
Cucurbitoideae
Taxa named by Nicolas Charles Seringe
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