Cucurbitineae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Suborder Cucurbitineae

Chinese lardplant
apodanthera
balsam apple
benincasa
bryony
coccinia
colocynth
coralfruit
ctenolepis
cucumber
cucumeropsis
cyclanthera
doyeria
echinocystis
globeberry
gourd
hodgsonia
lagenaria
luffa
manroot
melon loco
melonleaf
pygmymelon
sicana
sicyosperma
sinkwa towelsponge
starvine
tumamoca
watermelon
watermelon

Hierarchical position of the Suborder Cucurbitineae

   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.
  

Named members of the Suborder Cucurbitineae

1
   Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon
  
 
2
   Subfamilia  Abobroideae (Naud. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Luerss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 1079. Nov 1882.
  
3
   Subfamilia  Cucumidoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 756, 1092, 1129. Jun 1835.
  
4
   Subfamilia  Cucurbitoideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 722. Jan-Jun 1833.
  
5
   Subfamilia  Fevilleoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 756, 1092, 1129. Jun 1835.
6
   Subfamilia  Gomphogynoideae (Benth. & Hook.f.) Leurss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 1080. .
7
   Subfamilia  Gynostemmoideae (Benth. & Hook.f.) Leurss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 1080. Nov 1882.
8
   Subfamilia  Nhandiroboideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 722. Jan-Jun 1833.
9
   Subfamilia  Sicyooideae Endl.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 940. Nov 1839.
10
   Subfamilia  Telfairioideae Endl.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 935. Nov 1839.
11
   Subfamilia  Zanonioideae (Benth. & Hook.f.) Leurss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 1080. Nov 1882.

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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