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Cucurbitales
Sign in to saveThe Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. This order mostly belongs to tropical areas, with limited presence in subtropical and temperate regions. The order includes shrubs and trees, together with many herbs and climbers. One major characteristic of the Cucurbitales is the presence of unisexual flowers, mostly pentacyclic, with thick pointed petals (whenever present). The pollination is usually performed by insects, but wind pollination is also present (in Coriariaceae and Datiscaceae).
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Cucurbitales is a taxonomic order within the plant kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and the class Magnoliopsida. The order has been accepted under the authority of Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl, 1820. Its parent taxa include Rosanae, Sympetalae, and fabids. Common names for the group include 葫芦目, 葫蘆目, 瓜目, and ウリ目.
The order originated approximately 107 million years ago. Records associated with Cucurbitales have been documented in Malaysia, Cameroon, Singapore, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. One specific dataset lists ten records and two media items from the institution MEL.
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Species
ウリ目
Cucurbitales
ORDER
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
葫芦目是一类有花植物，属于真双子叶植物，本目植物一般生长在热带、亚热带的暖温带地区，大部分是藤本和草本植物，也有部分灌木和小乔木。本目植物的花为单性，花瓣为5，大部分为虫媒花，有少数为风媒花。 本目植物包括7个科，大约2300种，最大的科是秋海棠科，有1400多种，此外就是葫芦科，有825种。 葫芦目的植物有许多种是重要的经济作物，例如南瓜、西瓜等瓜类（葫芦科），秋海棠科大约有130中是培植的花卉。 葫芦目是APG II 分类法确定的7个科，根据以前的克朗奎斯特分类法，前四科是被分到堇菜目，其他各科分别属于其他的目。随后的基因分子学研究表明，寄生植物离花科也属于本目。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 2
- Collections
- MEL
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Cameroon, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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- Systematics
- References
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The Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. This order mostly belongs to tropical areas, with limited presence in subtropical and temperate regions. The order includes shrubs and trees, together with many herbs and climbers. One major characteristic of the Cucurbitales is the presence of unisexual flowers, mostly pentacyclic, with thick pointed petals (whenever present). The pollination is usually performed by insects, but wind pollination is also present (in Coriariaceae and Datiscaceae).
The order consists of roughly 2600 species in eight families. The largest families are Begoniaceae (begonia family) with around 1500 species and Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) with around 900 species. These two families include the only economically important plants. Specifically, the Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) include some food species, such as squash, pumpkin (both from Cucurbita), watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris), and cucumber and melons (Cucumis). The Begoniaceae are known for their horticultural species, of which there are over 130 with many more varieties.
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