Cucurbitoideae

Short description: Subfamily of flowering plants

Cucurbitoideae

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

* Benincaseae
* Bryonieae
* Coniandreae
* Cucurbiteae
* Indofevilleeae
* Joliffieae
* Momordiceae
* Schizopeponeae
* Sicyoeae
* Siraitieae
* Thladiantheae

The Cucurbitoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (gourds). The Cucurbitaceae are divided into two subfamilies, the Zanonioideae, probably a paraphyletic group of remainders, and the well-supported monophyletic Cucurbitoideae.[1]

The subfamily Cucurbitoideae consists of eight tribes. Members of the tribe Cucurbiteae produce economically valuable fruits, called gourds, which include crops like squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, and melons (including watermelons).[2] The tribe Benincaseae contains a genus called Lagenaria whose members produce gourds that can be eaten when young or whose ripe shells can be dried and used as containers.[3]

## References

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "Lagenaria Ser.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6467.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5192461 entry

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