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    Datiscales Dumortier. 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 ...

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    Cucurbita ( Latin for ' gourd ') [3] [4] is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi ), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds.

  4. Cucurbitales, small order of flowering plants containing seven families, 129 genera, and 2,295 species. It includes Begoniaceae , the begonia family, with 60 percent of the species in the order, and Cucurbitaceae , the squash , gourd , and cucumber family, with 90 percent of the genera in the order.

  5. Mar 22, 2024 · Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, belonging to the order Cucurbitales and containing 98 genera and about 975 species of food and ornamental plants. Members of the family are annual or perennial herbs native to temperate and tropical areas and include cucumbers , gourds , melons , squashes , and pumpkins .

  6. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit and flower. Members of Cucurbitaceae are vines with tubers, lianas, or annual herbs. They are found throughout the tropics and in warm temperate areas. There are 118 genera and 845 species in the family—far more genera than in Begoniaceae but fewer than two-thirds the number of species.

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