Cucurbitaceae

Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

Digitised Reference Slides

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Distribution

RecentPalaeo

Cucurbitaceae (rights holder: 2010 Moorea Biocode)

Cucumber Family

Climbing or prostrate, annual or perennial, monoecious or dioecious, herbs, less often woody lianes, rarely erect herbs without tendrils. Leaves alternate, palmately veined and often palmately lobed. Tendrils usually 1 at each node, rarely 0. Flowers unisexual, epigynous, axillary. Glandular bract-like "probracts" sometimes present at base of peduncles. Petals usually 5, free or united; corolla us... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition

Genera

Taxonomic Completion

Global Pollen Project UUID: 7c405202-5b65-427d-bfba-58b9ec6aecb7

Botanical Reference: None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.

Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant List Global Biodiversity Information Facility