Cucurbitales
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Bates, D.M., R. W. Robinson, and C. Jeffrey, eds. 1990. Biology and Utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. Comstock, Ithaca.
Carlquist, S. 1992. Wood anatomy of selected Cucurbitaceae and its relationship to habit and systematics. Nordic Journal of Botany 12:347-355.
Carlquist S. and R. B. Miller. 2001. Wood anatomy of Corynocarpaceae is consistent with cucurbitalean placement. Systematic Botany 26:54-65.
Kocyan, A., L.-B. Zhang, H. Schaefer, and S. S. Renner. 2007. A multi-locus chloroplast phylogeny for the Cucurbitaceae and its implications for character evolution and classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2):553-577.
Matthews, M. L. and P. K. Endress. 2004. Comparative floral structure and systematics in Cucurbitales (Corynocarpaceae, Coriariaceae, Tetramelaceae, Datiscaceae, Begoniaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Anisophylleaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145:129-185.
Matthews, M. L., P. K. Endress, J. Schönenberger, and E. M. Friis. 2001. A comparison of floral structures of Anisophylleaceae and Cunoniaceae and the problem of their systematic relationship. Annals of Botany 88:439-455.
Savolainen, V., M. W. Chase, S. B. Hoot, C. M. Morton, D. E. Soltis, C. Bayer, M. F. Fay, A. Y. De Bruijn, S. Sullivan, and Y. L. Qiu. 2000a. Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences. Systematic Biology 49:306-362.
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Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, M. W. Chase, M. E. Mort, D. C. Albach, M. Zanis, V. Savolainen, W. H. Hahn, S. B. Hoot, M. F. Fay, M. Axtell, S. M. Swensen, L. M. Prince, W. J. Kress, K. C. Nixon, and J. S. Farris. 2000. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133:381-461.
Swensen, S. M., B. C. Mullin, and M. W. Chase. 1994. Phylogenetic affinities of Datiscaceae based on an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid rbcL gene. Systematic Botany 19:157-168.
Zhang, L.-B., M. P. Simmons, A. Kocyan, and S. S. Renner. 2006. Phylogeny of the Cucurbitales based on DNA sequences of nine loci from three genomes: Implications for morphological and sexual system evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2):305-322.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Begonia froebelii |
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| Comments | Begoniaceae. Male flower of a plant cultivated at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland. |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy Botanical Image Database |
| Sex | Male |
| Copyright |
© 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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| Scientific Name | Cucumis sativus |
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| Comments | Cucumber plant (Cucurbitaceae) |
| Copyright |
© Kurt Stüber
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| Scientific Name | Datisca cannabina |
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| Comments | Datiscaceae. Young plant cultivated at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy Botanical Image Database |
| Copyright |
© 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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