Ancient and recent medicinal uses of cucurbitaceae family shweta s. Plants usually vines, sometimes shrublike in cucurbita, or perennial annual herbs. As sources of vegetables, fruit, and seeds rich in oils and protein, they have the potential of making an even larger contribution toward meeting the needs of humankind. This is in contrast with the past, when mostly single. The affinity of the family is not very clear and difference of opinion exists among the taxonomists regarding the systematic position of cucurbitaceae. Based on these molecular data and morphological data from the literature, we recircumscribe tribes and genera within cucurbitaceae and present a more natural classification for this family. Bradforda rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram. Genetics and genomics of cucurbitaceae top results of your surfing genetics and genomics of cucurbitaceae start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader.
The family cucurbitaceae has many herbaceous species with medicinal properties, hence its choice for this study. The plant list includes 3,801 scientific plant names of species rank for the family cucurbitaceae. Introduction there is a grouping tendency in homeopathy to study families of remedies. Among those that belong in the cucurbitaceae family, cucum. The family cucurbitaceae belongs to the order cucurbitales, class magnoliopsida subclass rosidae.
How their genomes evolve and the genetic basis of diversity remain largely unexplored. It includes crops such as cucumbers, squashes including pumpkins, luffas, melons and watermelons. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Download acrobat pdf file 335kb recommended articles citing articles 0 references bradford, 1976. Handbook of cucurbits growth,cultural practices, and physiology. Six other families are part of the order cucurbitales. The family cucurbitaceae includes a large group of plants which are medicinally valuable. Share your knowledge share your word file share your pdf file share your ppt file. The cucurbitaceae family commonly known as the gourd family is an excellent example of a plant family with many economically useful species. The family cucurbitaceae is one of the most important in the angiosperm taxa. Anatomic study in certain genera of family cucurbitaceae. The members are chiefly inhabitants of tropical regions.
Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. Cucurbitaceae hu lu ke lu anmin lu anming1, huang luqi 2, chen shukun 3. It is a family of about genera and about 800 species. Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly known as melons, gourds or cucurbits. Primefact 832, diseases of cucurbit vegetables 4 high levels of nitrogen fertiliser may increase disease levels. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Monitor crops to find early symptoms and apply recommended fungicides if conditions are favourable for disease.
The cucurbitaceae consists of many important food plants such as melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber. Cucumber cucumis sativus, cucurbitaceae fuzzy melon immature fruit and winter melon benincasa hispida long gourd oopoh lagenaria siceraria pumpkin jackolantern is c. The cucurbitaceae family encompasses over 800 species of plants known collectively as gourds or cucurbits. Factors regulating the differential uptake of persistent. The exact position of the family in cucurbitales is not certain, the relationships suggested with the morphologically rather different but apomorphically so corynocarpaceae and coriariaceae being only weakly supported, and apodanthaceae are on a very long. About the classification report about the classification download. Cucurbit flute, chinese musical instrument disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation. Cucurbitaceae definition is a family of chiefly herbaceous tendrilbearing vines order campanulales that are characterized by an inferior ovary and anthers usually united and that include food plants as the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin, drug plants as the colocynth, and ornamental plants as the gourds. Adobe acrobat reader dc download free pdf viewer for. Species of cucurbitaceae contained within the plant list belong to 126 plant genera. The cucurbitaceae family is the species with the most food used for human consumption. This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds. Media in category cucurbitaceae fruit the following 103 files are in this category, out of 103 total. The family cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food.
Here we are going to discuss some of the common characteristics and the common remedies prepared from the same group. The cucurbitaceae family represents over 90 genera and approximately 960 species. Cucurbits belong to the family cucurbitaceae and consist of about genera and 800 species, according to the last taxonomic treatment of jeffrey 1. Cucurbit crops are one of the most commonly grown in the garden. The genuscucurbita consists of about thirteen species or species groups. Cucurbitaceae synonyms, cucurbitaceae pronunciation, cucurbitaceae translation, english dictionary definition of cucurbitaceae. Its edible fruits were amongst the earliest cultivated plants in both the old and new worlds. Cucurbitaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants including climbing and trailing herbs and, less commonly, subshrubs. The wild ancestor for one domesticated squash was identified in the 1930s, ancestors for two others were determined in the 1980s, but the wild ancestors of the other two domesticates remain unknown. Members of the family are annual or perennial herbs native to temperate and tropical areas and include cucumbers, gourds, melons. Pages in category cucurbitaceae the following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. Plants of this family have many medicinal and nutritional benefits.
The wax gourd genomes offer insights into the genetic. The cucurbits cucurbitaceae, or gourd family, which include squash, pumpkin, melon, cucumber, and watermelon, have long been of economic significance. Some references suggest that there is only one member of this genus, fevillea cordifolia antidote vine. Ebook genetics and genomics of cucurbitaceae as pdf download. Apr 24, 2018 family cucurbitaceae in hindi duration. Cucurbitaceae definition of cucurbitaceae by the free. A taxonomic family within the order cucurbitales any of various plants, including the cucumber, melons, gourds, squashes, and loofah, generally being creeping vines with tendrils and fruit developing from a threepart inferior ovary with many seeds attached to the outer edge of the three walls or spiraling outward therefrom. Cole tch, schaefer h 2020 cucurbitaceae phylogeny poster an overview of the phylogeny of the tribes and genera of the gourd family 95 genera, ca. Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, belonging to the order cucurbitales and containing 98 genera and about 975 species of food and ornamental plants. List of plants in the family cucurbitaceae britannica.
Such epidermal features as on stomata and trichomes are thus useful tools for diagnostic and taxonomic works. Family cucurbitaceae definition of family cucurbitaceae by. Download free adobe acrobat reader dc software for your windows, mac os and android devices to view, print, and comment on pdf documents. Other online sources make reference to fevillea pedatifolia formerly fevillea peruviana, fevillea trilobata, and to fevillea passiflora. The cucurbits cucurbitaceae, or gourd family, which include squash, pumpkin, melon, cucumber, and watermelon. Nov 14, 2019 the botanical family cucurbitaceae includes a variety of fruit crops with global or local economic importance. Download adobe acrobat reader free software to read pdf files. Ebook genetics and genomics of cucurbitaceae as pdf. Muller and pax divided the family cucurbitaceae into 5 tribes viz. The family is predominantly distributed around the tropics. Morphology of flowering plants cucurbitaceae family. The genus cucurbita is included in the cucurbitaceae family, which is in the cucurbitales order, part of the rosid i clade of core eudicots. Biology and utilization of the cucurbitaceae on jstor. The plants of the family are collectively known as cucurbits.
Species are usually monoecious herbaceous annuals or woody lianas the tribe consists of genera reported, but a 2011 study based on genetics reported 11. This document pdf may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. In this chapter, future outcomes of genomic research in. The cucurbiteae are a tribe of the subfamily cucurbitoideae, which is part of the flowering plant family cucurbitaceae gourds. Anisophylleaceae, corynocarpaceae, coriariaceae, tetramelaceae which closest to cucurbitaceae, datiscaceae, and begoniaceae. This page was last edited on 29 december 2019, at 18. This is no doubt an advanced family, being predominandy herbaceous, having unisexual epigynous flowers, gamopetalous corolla, syilandrium formation of stamens often with curved anther lobes and.
Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. This category is for plants in the family cucurbitaceae. Actinostemmateae, indofevilleeae, thladiantheae, momordiceae, and siraitieae. Herbs, annual or perennial, or weak, woody shrubs with watery sap, scandent or prostrate. Morphology of flowering plants cucurbitaceae family youtube. Keep reading to learn more about cucurbit plant info and discover just how much you may already know about these plants. Cucurbitaceae a family of herbaceous vines family cucurbitaceae, gourd family dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants. A complete picture of family cucurbitaceae homeopathy360. Based on epidermal features, some members of the family cucurbitaceae can readily be distinguished from one another. Diagnostic significance of leaf epidermal features in the family cucurbitaceae. When herbs are dried and folded, identification and authentication become rather difficult. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pdf systematic studies on cucurbitaceae family at rajshahi.
Cucurbitaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cucurbitaceae article about cucurbitaceae by the free. After conversion, you can see that there are following files listed in output folder. This includes a general classification and taxonomy of the hierarchical levels down to species, subspecies, variety, and cultivar. The flowers are often showy and unisex and produce large fruits known as pepos. One plant group with the most species used as human food is the cucurbitaceae family. The cucurbitaceae family is one of the important sources of food. A total of 24 species under genera of the family cucurbitaceae were collected and identified. It is a distinct family without any close relatives.
Fevillea is a genus of the plant family cucurbitaceae the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family. The family has 110 genera and 850 species out of which 86 species are found in india. Within this family, the genus cucurbita stands out as one of the most important. The cucurbitaceae family comprises popular vegetables cultivated worldwide, such as cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon, squash, and zucchini. The subfamily cucurbitoideae contains the food producing plants, and will be the subject of our study. The domestication of cucurbita cucurbitaceae springerlink. The cucurbitaceae family possesses economically important species including cucumber, melon, watermelon, calabash, squash, and pumpkin. Many cucurbitaceae seeds are rich in oil and protein, and although none of these oils have been utilized on an industrial scale, many are used as cooking oil in some countries in africa and the middle east alkhalifa, 1996. Our new system comprises 95 genera in 15 tribes, five of them new. Genetic diversity of some taxa of cucurbitaceae family. The family cucurbitaceae includes a large group of crops like cucumbers, and melon which are medicinally essential. Members of the genus cucurbita produce economically valuable fruits, namely squashes and pumpkins. Cucurbit crops types of cucurbits and growing information.
Five of its species cucurbita argyrosperma huber, c. A list of all accepted names in cucurbitaceae is available in csv format. Diagnostic significance of leaf epidermal features in the. Seeds or fruit parts of some cucurbits are reported to possess purgatives, emetics and antihelmintics properties due to the secondary metabolite cucurbitacin content. We, the organizing committee of cucurbitaceae 2016, the xith eucarpia.
Classification for kingdom plantae down to family cucurbitaceae. Wikimedia commons has media related to cucurbitaceae. An approach to overcome the problem of identification is the use of anatomical features of the plant materials, especially the plant epidermis. After the meeting, all the communications printed in these proceedings will be available in pdf format on. The genus dendrosicyos, which is found on the island of socotra, consists of treelike forms. They are native in most countries of the world, especially in the tropics, where they are cultivated in every country, state, and province. Anatomy of flowering plants meristimatic tissues duration. Cucurbits are the popular name of the family cucurbitaceae, commonly known as the gourd family. Phylogenetic relationships in the order cucurbitales and a. See more ideas about watermelon, watermelon flower and fruit. The gourd family, cucurbitaceae, consists of about 975 species across 98 genera. Members of the family are annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Cucurbitaceae definition of cucurbitaceae by merriamwebster. Thank you for using the download pdf file feature, to download a correct pdf file, please follow the steps.
Squashes have been domesticated independently from five of these thirteen taxa. A web site has been set up on the internet to provide a compilation of current botanical information on the family cucurbitaceae. Cucurbitaceae family, including citrullus lanatus,cucumis melo var. The cucurbitaceae or vine crop family is a distinct family without any close relatives and includes many important vegetables such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, squash, pumpkin and gourds. Thank you for using the download pdf file feature, to. Autumn squash, marrow, pumpkin, squash, winter squash, turban gourd. Baloglu, in genetic engineering of horticultural crops, 2018. Charles jeffrey4 1 state key laboratory of systematic and evolutionary botany, institute of botany, chinese academy of sciences, 20 nanxincun, xiangshan, beijing 93, peoples republic of china. The family consists of about 100 genera and 350 species, distributed in the tropical and subtropical countries and a few species occurring also in the temperate regions.
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