The Cucurbitaceae (), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant

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consisting of about 965

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Cucurbita 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 know ...

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pumpkin A pumpkin is a cultivar, cultivated winter squash in the genus ''Cucurbita''. The term is most commonly applied to round, orange-colored squash varieties, but does not possess a scientific definition. It may be used in reference to many dif ...

zucchini Zucchini (; : ''zucchini'' or ''zucchinis''), courgette () or ''Cucurbita pepo'' is a summer squash, a Vine, vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and Fruit anatomy#Epicarp, epicarp (rind) are still soft a ...

(courgette), some

gourd Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly '' Cucurbita'' and '' Lagenaria''. The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some without. Many gourds ha ...

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Lagenaria ''Lagenaria'' is a genus of gourd-bearing vines in the squash family (Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae (), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family (biology), family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera.

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calabash Calabash (; ''Lagenaria siceraria''), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvest ...

(bottle gourd) and other, ornamental gourds. *''

Citrullus ''Citrullus'' is a genus of seven species of desert vines, among which ''Citrullus lanatus'' (the watermelon) is an important crop. Taxonomy Molecular data, including sequences from the original collection of ''Momordica lanata'' made near Cape ...

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watermelon The watermelon (''Citrullus lanatus'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, that has a large, edible fruit. It is a Glossary of botanical terms#scandent, scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, and is plant breeding ...

(''C. lanatus'', ''C. colocynthis''), plus several other species. *''

Cucumis __NOTOC__ ''Cucumis'' is a genus of vine, twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Family (biology), family Cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber (''Cucumis sativus''), true melons (''Cucumis melo'', including cantaloupe and Honeydew (melon), ...

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cucumber The cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. It can also specifically refer to ''Cucumis melo'', commonly known as the "true melon" or simply "melon". The term "melon" can apply to both the p ...

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Momordica ''Momordica'' is a genus of about 60 species of annual or perennial climbers herbaceous or rarely small shrubs belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, natives of tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia and Australia. Most species produce floral ...

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bitter melon ''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karela, karavila and many more #Uses, names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitac ...

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Luffa ''Luffa'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah or less frequently loofa, usually refers to the fruits of the speci ...

'' – commonly called 'luffa' or ‘luffa squash'; sometimes spelled loofah. Young fruits may be cooked; when fully ripened, they become fibrous and unpalatable, thus becoming the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge. *''

Cyclanthera ''Cyclanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. The name comes from the fact that some species show extreme cases of stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of ...

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Caigua ''Cyclanthera pedata'', known as ''caigua'', is a herbaceous vine grown for its edible fruit, which is predominantly used as a vegetable. It is known from cultivation only, and its use goes back many centuries as evidenced by ancient phytomorph ...

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Gerrardanthus ''Gerrardanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and South Africa, first described by William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), and named in honor of William Tyrer Gerrard (died 1866 in Mahavelona, Madagascar), botanical co ...

'' — the species ''G. macrorhizus'' has gained some popularity as an ornamental caudiciform plant. *'' Xerosicyos'' — the silver dollar vine (''Xerosicyos danguyi'') is popular amongst horticulturists and plant collectors. The plants in this family are grown around the tropics and in temperate areas of the world, 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 ''Cucurbitaceae'' comes to

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from

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, from ''

'', the

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, + '' -aceae'', a standardized

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for plant family names in modern taxonomy. The genus name comes from the

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word ', meaning "gourd".

Description

Most of the plants in this family are annual

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s, but some are woody

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s, thorny shrubs, or trees ('' Dendrosicyos''). Many species have large, yellow or white flowers. The stems are hairy and pentangular.

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s are present at 90° to the leaf petioles at nodes. Leaves are exstipulate, alternate, simple palmately lobed or palmately compound. The flowers are

unisexual Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

, with male and female flowers on different plants (

dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

) or on the same plant (

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). The female flowers have inferior ovaries. The fruit is often a kind of modified

berry A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples of berries in the cul ...

called a pepo.

Fossil history

One of the oldest

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cucurbits so far is †'' Cucurbitaciphyllum lobatum'' from the

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epoch, found at Shirley Canal,

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. It was described for the first time in 1924 by the paleobotanist Frank Hall Knowlton. The fossil leaf is

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, trilobed with rounded lobal sinuses and an entire or serrate margin. It has a

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pattern similar to the members of the genera '' Kedrostis'', '' Melothria'' and '' Zehneria''.

Classification

Tribal classification

The most recent classification of Cucurbitaceae delineates 15

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: * Tribe Gomphogyneae Benth. & Hook.f. ** '' Alsomitra'' (Blume) Spach (1 sp.) ** '' Bayabusua'' (1 sp.) ** '' Gomphogyne'' Griff. (2 spp.) ** '' Gynostemma'' Blume (10 spp.) ** ''

Hemsleya ''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, par ...

'' Cogn. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. (30 spp.) ** '' Neoalsomitra'' Hutch. (12 spp.) * Tribe Triceratieae A.Rich. ** '' Cyclantheropsis'' Harms (3 spp.) ** '' Fevillea'' L. (8 spp.) ** '' Pteropepon'' (Cogn.) Cogn. (5 spp.) ** '' Sicydium'' Schltdl. (9 spp.) * Tribe Zanonieae Benth. & Hook.f. ** ''

'' Harvey in Hook.f. (3–5 spp.) ** '' Siolmatra'' Baill. (1 sp.) ** '' Xerosicyos'' Humbert (5 spp.) ** '' Zanonia'' L. (1 sp.) * Tribe Actinostemmateae H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner ** '' Actinostemma'' Griff. (3 spp.) ** '' Bolbostemma'' (2 spp.) * Tribe Indofevilleeae H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner ** '' Indofevillea'' Chatterjee (2 sp.) * Tribe Thladiantheae H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner ** '' Baijiania'' A.M.Lu & J.Q.Li (30 spp.) ** '' Sinobaijiania'' (5 spp.) ** '' Thladiantha'' Bunge 1833 (5 spp.) * Tribe Siraitieae H. Schaef. & S.S. Renner ** '' Siraitia'' Merr. (3–4 spp.) * Tribe Momordiceae H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner ** ''

'' L. (60 spp.) * Tribe Joliffieae Schrad. ** '' Ampelosicyos'' Thouars (5 spp.) ** '' Cogniauxia'' Baill. (2 spp.) ** '' Telfairia'' Hook. (3 spp.) * Tribe Bryonieae Dumort. ** '' Austrobryonia'' H.Schaef. (4 spp.) ** ''

Bryonia ''Bryonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the gourd family. Bryony is its best-known common name. They are native to western Eurasia and adjacent regions, such as North Africa, the Canary Islands and South Asia. Description and ecology ...

'' L. (10 spp.) ** ''

Ecballium ''Ecballium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, ''Ecballium elaterium'', also called the squirting cucumber, as well as the noli me tangere and its English translation touch-me-not. Its unu ...

'' A.Rich. (1 sp.) * Tribe Schizopeponeae C.Jeffrey ** '' Herpetospermum'' Wall. ex Hook.f. (3 spp.) ** '' Schizopepon'' Maxim. (6–8 spp.) * Tribe Sicyoeae Schrad. ** '' Brandegea'' Cogn. (1 sp.) ** ''

'' Schrad. (40 spp.) ** ''

Echinocystis ''Echinocystis'' is a monotypic genus in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. The sole species is ''E. lobata'', commonly called wild cucumber and prickly cucumber. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. '' Sicyos angulatus ...

'' Torr. & A.Gray (1 sp.) ** '' Echinopepon'' Naudin (19 spp.) ** '' Hanburia'' Seem. (7 spp.) ** '' Hodgsonia'' Hook.f. & Thomson (2 spp.) ** '' Linnaeosicyos'' H.Schaef. & Kocyan (1 sp.) ** ''

'' Mill. (5–7 spp.) ** '' Marah'' Kellogg (7 spp.) ** '' Microsechium'' (4 spp.) ** '' Nothoalsomitra'' Hutch. (1 sp.) ** '' Parasicyos'' (2 sp.) ** '' Sechiopsis'' (5 spp.) ** '' Sicyocaulis'' (1 sp.) ** '' Sicyos'' L. (64 spp., including ''Frantzia'' Pittier and '' Sechium'' P.Browne) ** '' Sicyosperma'' (1 sp.) ** ''

Trichosanthes ''Trichosanthes'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines. They belong to the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae), and are closely related to '' Gymnopetalum''. '' Hodgsonia'', formerly included here, is usually considered a well-distinct genus ...

'' L. (≤100 spp.) * Tribe Coniandreae Endl. ** '' Apodanthera'' Arn. (16 spp.) ** '' Bambekea'' Cogn. (1 sp.) ** '' Ceratosanthes'' Adans. (4 spp.) ** '' Corallocarpus'' Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f. (17 spp.) ** '' Cucurbitella'' Walp. (1 sp.) ** '' Dendrosicyos'' Balf.f. (1 sp.) ** '' Doyerea'' Grosourdy (1 sp.) ** '' Eureiandra'' Hook.f. (8 spp.) ** '' Gurania'' (Schltdl.) Cogn. (37 spp.) ** '' Halosicyos'' Mart.Crov (1 sp.) ** '' Helmontia'' Cogn. (2–4 spp.) ** '' Ibervillea'' Greene (8 spp.) ** '' Kedrostis'' Medik. (28 spp.) ** '' Psiguria'' Neck. ex Arn. (6–12 spp.) ** '' Seyrigia'' Keraudren (6 spp.) ** '' Trochomeriopsis'' Cogn. (1 sp.) ** '' Wilbrandia'' Silva Manso (5 spp.) * Tribe Benincaseae Ser. ** ''

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 Endemic to the N ...

'' Welw. ex Hook.f. (1 sp.) ** '' Benincasa'' Savi (2 spp., including ''Praecitrullus'' Pangalo) ** '' Blastania'' (3 spp., including ''Ctenolepis'' Hook.f.) ** '' Borneosicyos'' (1–2 spp.) ** '' Cephalopentandra'' Chiov. (1 sp.) ** ''

'' Schrad. (4 spp.) ** '' Coccinia'' Wight & Arn. (30 spp.) ** ''

'' L. (65 spp.) ** '' Dactyliandra'' Hook.f. (2 spp.) ** '' Diplocyclos'' (Endl.) T.Post & Kuntze (4 spp.) ** '' Indomelothria'' (2 spp.) ** '' Khmeriosicyos'' (1 sp.) ** ''

'' Ser. (6 spp.) ** ''

Lemurosicyos ''Lemurosicyos'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is ''Lemurosicyos variegatus''. Its native range is Madagascar. References

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'' Keraudren (1 sp.) ** '' Melothria'' L. (12 spp., including '' M. scabra'') ** '' Muellerargia'' Cogn. (2 sp.) ** '' Oreosyce'' (1 sp.) ** '' Papuasicyos'' (8 spp.) ** '' Peponium'' Engl. (20 spp.) ** '' Raphidiocystis'' Hook.f. (5 spp.) ** '' Ruthalicia'' C.Jeffrey (2 spp.) ** '' Scopellaria'' W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes (2 spp.) ** '' Solena'' Lour. (3 spp.) ** '' Trochomeria'' Hook.f. (8 spp.) ** '' Zehneria'' Endl. (''ca.'' 60 spp.) * Tribe Cucurbiteae Ser. ** '' Abobra'' Naudin (1 sp.) ** '' Calycophysum'' H.Karst. & Triana (5 spp.) ** '' Cayaponia'' Silva Manso (74 spp.) ** '' Cionosicys'' Griseb. (4–5 spp.) ** ''

'' L. (15 spp.) ** '' Penelopeia'' Urb. (2 spp.) ** '' Peponopsis'' Naudin (1 sp.) ** '' Polyclathra'' Bertol. (6 spp.) ** '' Schizocarpum'' Schrad. (11 spp.) ** '' Selysia'' Cogn. (4 spp.) ** ''

Sicana ''Sicana'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. There are three or four species, found in rainforest and secondary scrub in the Caribbean and Central America. Species According to Hanno Schaefer and Susanne Renner, t ...

'' Naudin (4 spp.) ** '' Tecunumania'' Standl. & Steyerm. (1 sp.)

Systematics

Modern

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'' {{anchor, Pests, Diseases

Pests and diseases

Sweet potato whitefly is the vector of a number of cucurbit viruses that cause yellowing symptoms throughout the

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.{{cite web , last=Wintermantel , first=William M. , title=Whitefly-Transmitted Yellowing Viruses of Cucurbit Crops , date=2020 , url=https://www.planthealthexchange.org/cucurbits/Pages/GROW-CUC-08-20-006.aspx , publisher=

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, doi=10.1094/grow-cuc-08-20-006 , s2cid=242003450

References

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External links

* {{commonscat-inline
Cucurbitaceae
in T.C. Andres (1995 onwards).

in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. {{Angiosperm families {{Taxonbar, from=Q8314 {{Authority control Rosid families Extant Danian first appearances Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu Taxa described in 1789

Description

Fossil history

Classification

Tribal classification

Systematics

Pests and diseases

References

Further reading

External links