| Cucurbiteae | |
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| Cucurbita fruits | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Cucurbiteae |
| Genera | |
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13, see text | |
The Cucurbiteae are a tribe of the subfamily Cucurbitoideae, which is part of the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (gourds). Species are usually monoecious herbaceous annuals or woody lianas.1
The tribe consists of 13 genera reported,2 but a 2011 study based on genetics reported 11.1 Members of the genus Cucurbita produce economically valuable fruits, namely squashes and pumpkins.
Genera
The genera are:1
- Abobra – cranberry gourd
- Calycophysum
- Cayaponia, the largest of these genera
- Cionosicys
- Cucurbita – squashes and pumpkins
- Penelopeia (synonym Anacaona)
- Peponopsis
- Polyclathra
- Schizocarpum
- Selysia
- Sicana – cassabananas
- Tecunumania
References
References
- Schaefer, Hanno; Renner, Susanne S. (February 2011). "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Order Cucurbitales and a New Classification of the Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 60 (1): 122–138. doi:10.1002/tax.601011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- Grayum, Michael H. (December 2009). "Two New Trifoliolate-Leaved Species of Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbiteae) from Central and South America". Novon. 19 (4): 465–474. doi:10.3417/2007164. JSTOR 27765198. S2CID 85882479.