Cucurbitoideae
Appearance
Cucurbitoideae | |
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Acanthosicyos horridus, a member of the Cucurbitoideae native to Namibia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae Eaton |
Tribes | |
The Cucurbitoideae are a subfamily of the Cucurbitaceae, or gourd family, of flowering plants. The Cucurbitaceae are divided into two subfamilies, the Zanonioideae, probably a paraphyletic group of remainders, and the well-supported monophyletic Cucurbitoideae.[1]
The Cucurbitoideae subfamily consists of eight tribes. Members of the Cucurbiteae tribe produce economically valuable fruits, called gourds, which include crops like squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, and melons (including watermelons).[2] The Benincaseae tribe contains a genus called Lagenaria whose members produce gourds that can be eaten or whose shells can be dried and used as containers.[3]
References
- ^ Donoghue, Michael J.; Judd, Walter S.; Campbell, Christopher; Elizabeth A. Kellogg; Stevens, Peter F. (2008). Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Sunderland, Mass: Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-407-3.
- ^ Mabberley, David (2008). Mabberley's Plant-Book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82071-5.
- ^ "Lagenaria Ser". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
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