†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

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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

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