†family Cucurbitaceae de Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae
Parent taxon: Cucurbitales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Anisophylleaceae, Apodanthaceae, Begoniaceae, Coriariaceae, Corynocarpaceae, Datiscaceae, Tetramelaceae
Subtaxa: Cucumis Cucumites Cucurbitaciphyllum Cucurbites Cucurbitospermum Melothria Selysia Sicyos
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences