Cucurbitanae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Cucurbitanae

Chinese lardplant
apodanthera
balsam apple
begonias
benincasa
bryony
coccinia
colocynth
coralfruit
ctenolepis
cucumber
cucumeropsis
cyclanthera
doyeria
durango-roots
echinocystis
globeberry
gourds
hillebrandia
hodgsonia
ivy gourd
lagenaria
luffa
manroot
melon loco
melonleaf
pygmymelon
sicana
sicyosperma
starvine
tumamoca
watermelon
watermelon

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Cucurbitanae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Cucurbitanae Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.
  

Named members of the Superorder Cucurbitanae

1
   Ordo  Begoniales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 13. 1829.
  
 
2
   Subordo  Begoniineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 156. Mai 1898.
  
 
3
   Familia  Begoniaceae C. Agardh
pub. Aphor. Bot. (15): 200. 13 Jun 1824, nom. cons.
common name: Begonias
  
4
   Subordo  Datiscineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 156. Mai 1898.
 
5
   Familia  Datiscaceae R. Br. ex Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot.: 109. Sep 1830.
common name: Durango-roots
6
   Ordo  Cucurbitales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.
  
 
7
   Subordo  Cucurbitineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 190. Mai 1898.
  
 
8
   Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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