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Taxon: Family Cucurbitaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - cucumber family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Durande, 1782 ex A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Durande, [J.F.] 1781(1782). Notions Élém. Bot.: 271. [nom. praeinit.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  de Jussieu, A.L. 1789. Gen. Pl.: 393 ("Ordo"[=Family], "Cucurbitaceæ"). ≡

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 104).

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Cucurbitoideae (Subfamily)
Type: Cucurbita (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 104).

Variants

Pre-starting point name: Cucurbitaceae (Family) Durande (1782), nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<4 Nov 2022].

Synonyms

Including: Zanoniaceae (Family) Dumort. (1829) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 213.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: komkommerfamilie Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 270.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: cucumber family
: cucurbit family
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