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The Cucurbitaceae ( ), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera. Some commonly cultivated cucurbits include: Cucurbita – squash, pumpkin, zucchini (courgette), some gourds. Lagenaria – calabash (bottle gourd) and other, ornamental gourds. Citrullus – watermelon (C. lanatus, C. colocynthis), plus several other species. Cucumis – cucumber (C. sativus); various melons and vines. Momordica – bitter melon. Luffa – commonly called 'luffa' or ‘luffa squash'; sometimes spelled loofah. Young fruits may be cooked; when fully ripened, th
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Cucurbitaceae is a family within the order Cucurbitales, classified under the class Magnoliopsida and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted and has a common name of graskarfamilien. Its origin dates to about 62 million years ago.
Records for this family are held by various institutions, including CICY, FC-UNAM, STDOM, UACH, and IIB-UV, with occurrences documented in Mexico.
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Species
graskarfamilien
Cucurbitaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyCucurbitaceae
General: of determining Cucurbitaceae to genus and species are mainly caused
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,963
- With media
- 1,828
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Collections
- CICY, FC-UNAM, STDOM, UACH, IIB-UV, ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
12,363 papers- Cucurbitaceae phloem exudate lectins: Purification, molecular characterization and carbohydrate binding characteristics.ReviewPhytochemistry · 2022Swamy MJ, Bobbili KB, Mondal S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113251
- Evolutionary Dynamics and Functional Diversification of bZIP Transcription Factors in Cucurbitaceae: A Pan-Genome Approach.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Sun M, Jiang Q, Zhang E et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c10450
- Therapeutic importance of Cucurbitaceae: A medicinally important family.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2022Mukherjee PK, Singha S, Kar A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114599
- Selected Species of the Cucurbitaceae Family Used in Mexico for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Huerta-Reyes M, Tavera-Hernández R, Alvarado-Sansininea JJ et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113440
- Origin and domestication of Cucurbitaceae crops: insights from phylogenies, genomics and archaeology.ReviewThe New phytologist · 2020Chomicki G, Schaefer H, Renner SSDOI: 10.1111/nph.16015
- Vegetables from the Cucurbitaceae family and their products: Positive effect on human health.ReviewNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2020Rolnik A, Olas BDOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2020.110788
- Research Advancements in Salt Tolerance of Cucurbitaceae: From Salt Response to Molecular Mechanisms.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Chen C, Yu W, Xu X et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms25169051
- Cucurbitaceae Seed Protein Hydrolysates as a Potential Source of Bioactive Peptides with Functional Properties.ReviewBioMed research international · 2017Ozuna C, León-Galván MFDOI: 10.1155/2017/2121878
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- taxon name
- Cucurbitaceae
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- Category:Cucurbitaceae
- has fruit type
- berry
- taxon common name
- 葫芦科
- taxonomic type
- Cucurbita
- start time
- 62000000-0
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