Flower development and pollen morphology in cucurbitaceae david g. Cucurbitaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. You will see that they have many uses container, ornament, instrument as well as food when they are young and tender. Cucurbitaceae a family of herbaceous vines family cucurbitaceae, gourd family dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants. Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly known as melons, gourds or cucurbits. A neoalsomitra sarcophylla gomphogyneae, apically 2fid. One of the most popular is lageneria siceraria, the bottle gourd. Cucurbitaceae hu lu ke lu anmin lu anming1, huang luqi 2, chen shukun 3. Many cucurbitaceae seeds are rich in oil and protein, and although none of these oils have been utilized on an industrial scale, many are used as cooking oil in some countries in africa and the middle east alkhalifa, 1996. Cucurbitaceae definition of cucurbitaceae by merriamwebster. The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the tree of life. Gourd is a generaly term used to define members of the cucurbitaceae with tough rinds which make them useful for containers. This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
Herbs, annual or perennial, or weak, woody shrubs with watery sap, scandent or prostrate. Cucurbitaceae with an emphasis on the old world dqf 24. Its edible fruits were amongst the earliest cultivated plants in both the old and new worlds. Cucurbits are the popular name of the family cucurbitaceae, commonly known as the gourd family.
The gourd family, cucurbitaceae, consists of about 975 species across 98 genera. The plant list includes 3,801 scientific plant names of species rank for the family cucurbitaceae. The family cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food. Scientific classification cucurbitaceae kingdomis the major family name encompassing about 125 genera and 825 species. A list of all accepted names in cucurbitaceae is available in csv format. The cucurbitaceae are a plant faimily, sometimes cried the gourd faimily, consistin o aroond a hunder genera, the maist important o which are. List of plants in the family cucurbitaceae britannica.
Cucurbitaceae synonyms, cucurbitaceae pronunciation, cucurbitaceae translation, english dictionary definition of cucurbitaceae. Cucurbitaceae definition is a family of chiefly herbaceous tendrilbearing vines order campanulales that are characterized by an inferior ovary and anthers usually united and that include food plants as the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin, drug plants as the colocynth, and ornamental plants as the gourds. Members of the family are annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Vegetable laboratory retired charleston, sc 29414 usa in the united states, the cucurbitaceae meeting began as a copy of the eucarpia sponsored meetings of the same name, which. It includes crops such as cucumbers, squashes including pumpkins, luffas, melons and watermelons. The cucurbitaceae family ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food.
The family is predominantly distributed around the tropics. Coleccion fao, produccion y proteccion vegetal no 26. Le piante di questa famiglia crescono nelle zone tropicali e in quelle temperate, dove quelle con frutti commestibili sono state tra le prime piante coltivate sia nel vecchio che nel nuovo mondo. Estas dos verduras son muy vendidas debido a su alto valor nutricional. Importancia economica, bioquimica y medicinal ebook del autor ahmed m.
The subfamily cucurbitoideae contains the food producing plants, and will be the subject of our study. As plantas, nos estadios iniciais do crescimento, sao menos exigentes. Cucurbitaceae definition of cucurbitaceae by the free. The cucurbitaceae consist of 98 proposed genera with 975 species, mainly in regions tropical and subtropical.
Corynocarpaceae has long been a family of uncertain position. The hypanthium in cucurbitaceae derives from the expansion of sepal and petal bases, and their receptacular insertion area leins and galle 1971. Species of cucurbitaceae contained within the plant list belong to 126 plant genera. Flower development and pollen morphology in cucurbitaceae. Caracuel1, antonio jesus castro2, ana maria cogolludo1, carlos enriquez3, jose carlos morales4, irene ruiz.
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