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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Cucurbitoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Cucurbitoideae

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.       Ordo  Cucurbitales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Cucurbitineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 190. Mai 1898.       Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon       Subfamilia  Cucurbitoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 722. Jan-Jun 1833.

Named members of the Subfamily Cucurbitoideae

1	Tribus  Cucurbiteae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 54. 1827.
	2    Subtribus  Cucurbitinae E.G.O. M�ll. & Pax in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 5: 10, 32. Jun 1889.      3    Genus  Cucurbita L. pub. (1753) common name: gourd

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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