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Cucurbitales

Angiospermae - Cucurbitales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Cucurbitales Jussieu
2011Cucurbitales Jud
2016Cucurbitales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
RankNameAuthor
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderCucurbitalesJussieu 1820
orderCucurbitalesJussieu 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Cucurbitales Jussieu 1820
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Fm. †Anisophylleaceae Ridley 1922
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G. Anisophyllea Brown 1824
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†Anisophyllea siwalica Prasad and Awasthi 1996
Fm. †Coriariaceae de Candolle 1824
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G. Coriaria Linnaeus 1753
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Coriaria myrtifolia Linnaeus 1753
Coriaria ruscifolia Linnaeus 1753
Coriaria sinica Maximowicz 1881
Invalid names: Heterocladus Turczaninow 1847 [synonym]
Fm. †Cucurbitaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Cucumis Linnaeus 1753
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Cucumis acutanglulus Linnaeus 1753
Cucumis anguria Linnaeus 1753
Cucumis colocynthis Linnaeus 1753
Cucumis dudaim Linnaeus 1753
Cucumis melo Linnaeus 1753
Cucumis sativus Linnaeus 1753
G. †Cucumites Bowerbank 1840
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†Cucumites lesquereuxii Knowlton 1902
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Invalid names: Cucumites globulosus Lesquereux 1902 [synonym]
G. †Cucurbitaciphyllum Manchester 2014
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†Cucurbitaciphyllum lobatum Knowlton 1924
G. Cucurbites Berry 1929
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†Cucurbites compressus Berry 1929
G. †Cucurbitospermum Chesters 1957
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†Cucurbitospermum cooperi Chandler 1961
†Cucurbitospermum lakense Chandler 1962
†Cucurbitospermum mudense Chandler 1963
†Cucurbitospermum obliquum Chandler 1962
†Cucurbitospermum rusingense Chesters 1957
G. Melothria Linnaeus 1753
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†Melothria coloradensis Cockerell 1908
Melothria pendula Linnaeus 1753
G. Selysia Cogniaux 1881
G. Sicyos Linnaeus 1753 [burr cucumber]
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Sicyos angulata Linnaeus 1753
†Sicyos florissantia Cockerell 1908
Sicyos laciniata Linnaeus 1753
Sicyos trifoliata Linnaeus 1753
Fm. †Datiscaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1829
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G. †Tetrameleoxylon Lakhnapal and Verma 1966
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†Tetrameleoxylon prenudiflora Lakhnapal and Verma 1966
Invalid names: Apodanthaceae Tiegh ex Takht [empty], Begoniaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1824 [empty], Corynocarpaceae Engler 1897 [empty], Tetramelaceae Airy Shaw 1965 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Tetrameleoxylon prenudiflora, Cucumites sp. (224606)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cucumites sheppyensis (22811) Cucurbitospermum cooperi (22806) Cucurbitospermum equiaelaterale, Cucurbitospermum sheppeyense, Cucurbitospermum triangulare (21249) Cucurbitospermum lakense, Cucurbitospermum obliquum (23398)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Cucurbitospermum mudense (24109)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cucurbitospermum reidii (27663)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru (Piura) Cucurbites comprressus (64545)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Cucurbitaceae indet. (23114 23663 23669)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Peru Cucurbites compressus (139872)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Yunnan) Coriaria sinica (223826)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal Anisophyllea siwalica (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Nepal Anisophyllea siwalica (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Coriaria japonica (22796)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Coriaria japonica (22755)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Cucurbitaceae indet. (228813 228814 228817)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Coriaria sp. (228760 228761)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Inner Mongolia) Cucumis melo (223943)