Order Cucurbitales Jussieu 1820
Parent taxon: Fabid according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Jud 2011
Sister taxa: Celastrales, Fabales, Fagales, Malpighiales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Zygophyllales
Subtaxa: Anisophylleaceae Apodanthaceae Begoniaceae Coriariaceae Corynocarpaceae Cucurbitaceae Datiscaceae Tetramelaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), Nepal (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Japan (1), Nepal (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences