Cucurbitales

E96979

plant order taxonomic rank

Cucurbitales is an order of flowering plants that includes gourds, cucumbers, and related families characterized by often climbing or vining habits and unisexual flowers.

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant order → taxonomic rank →
characteristicFlowerType	unisexual flowers →
characteristicFruitType	pepo →
characteristicGrowthForm	climbing plants → vines →
clade	Angiosperms → Core eudicots → Eudicots → Fabids → Rosids NERFINISHED →
economicImportance	food crops → medicinal plants → ornamental plants →
flowerSexuality	dioecious → monoecious →
hasTypeSpecies	Cucurbita pepo →
includesCrop	cucumber → gourd → melon → pumpkin → squash → watermelon →
includesFamily	Anisophylleaceae → Apodanthaceae → Begoniaceae → Coriariaceae → Corynocarpaceae → Cucurbitaceae → Datiscaceae → Gunneraceae → Haloragaceae → Myrothamnaceae → Octoknemaceae → Tetramelaceae → Tetrameristaceae →
includesNotableMember	Begonia → Benincasa → Citrullus → Coriaria → Cucumis → Cucurbita → Lagenaria →
kingdom	Plantae →
leafArrangement	alternate leaves →
leafMorphology	often palmately veined →
photosyntheticPathway	C3 →
pollinationMode	insect-pollinated →
stemCharacteristic	often with tendrils →
systematicsReference	APG IV system →
taxonomicRank	order →
typicalHabitat	subtropical regions → temperate regions → tropical regions →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anisophylleaceae → Cucurbitaceae → Poga →	order