Cucurbitoideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Cucurbitoideae

Ozark melon
calabazilla
gourd
pumpkin
squash
vegetable spaghetti

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.

For an index to other topics see

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