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Botanical information on the plant family Cucurbitaceae, or the cucurbit or gourd family, is set up in a simple database format with fields for the taxonomy, nomenclature, and classification of the genera and species, their distribution, economic uses, and images of the plants. ... Distribution: Pantropical and subtropical;
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www.cucurbit.org/family.html
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This is the site for the plant family Cucurbitaceae and the home of The Cucurbit Network (TCN), an organization dedicated to promoting conservation, and understanding of the Cucurbitaceae through education and research. ... Cucurbitaceae and The Cucurbit Network News...
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The Cucurbitaceae are mostly prostrate or climbing herbaceous annuals comprising about 90 genera and 700 species that are further characterized by commonly having 5-angled stems and coiled tendrils. The leaves are alternate and usually palmately 5-lobed or divided;
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www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CARR/cucurbit.htm
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photo by Deena Decker-Walters, ... agrestis image page from CalPhotos; Marah gilensis species page from Image Libarary - Southwest Environmental Infomation Network; Marah horridus image page from CalPhotos; Marah macrocarpa image page from CalPhotos; Marah macrocarpus image page from ... major image page from CalPhotos;
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botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxcuc.htm
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The Cucurbitaceae family has 825 species in 118-119 genera. This is the family that contains all the edible gourds, such as cucumbers, watermelon, musk melons, squash, and pumpkins. The fruits are often gigantic and very delicious.
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www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/floweringplants/C...
www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/floweringplants/Cucurbitaceae.htm
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Description of Cucurbitaceae Juss., generated from a DELTA database. ... The Families of Flowering Plants ... Habit and leaf form. Mostly more or less scandent, juicy herbs, or shrubs (rarely). Plants non-succulent. Annual, or perennial; with neither basal nor terminal aggregations of leaves; perennials in temperate...
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delta-intkey.com/angio/www/cucurbit.htm
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NOTICE: EUCARPIA Cucurbitaceae 2004, 8th Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbitaceae will be held in Olomouc (Czech Republic) in the second half of July 2004. It is being organized by Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc (contact: Prof. Ales Lebeda;
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conference.ifas.ufl.edu/cucurbits/
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Native members of Cucurbitaceae are of the Marah (Manroot) genus, which have singular female (pistillate) flowers and clustered male (staminate) flowers. The pistil developes into a gourd-like fruit with a few large seeds.
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plants.montara.com/ListPages/FamPages/Cucurbita.html
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The Cucurbitaceae consists of nearly 100 genera and over 750 species (Yamaguchi 1983). Although most have Old World origins (Whitaker and Davis 1962), many species originated in the New World and at least seven genera have origins in both hemispheres (Esquinas-Alcazar and Gulick 1983). There is tremendous genetic...
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www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/V2-538.html
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