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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamilia: Cucurbitoideae
Tribus: Benincaseae - Cucurbiteae - Joliffieae - Melothrieae - Schizopeponeae - Sicyeae - Trichosantheae

Name

Cucurbitoideae
References

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [1] (10 February 2009)

The Cucurbitoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (gourds). The Cucurbitaceae are divided into two subfamilies, the Zanonioideae, probably a paraphyletic group of remainders, and the well-supported monophyletic Cucurbitoideae.[1]

The subfamily Cucurbitoideae consists of eight tribes. Members of the tribe Cucurbiteae produce economically valuable fruits, called gourds, which include crops like squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, and melons (including watermelons).[2] The tribe Benincaseae contains a genus called Lagenaria whose members produce gourds that can be eaten when young or whose ripe shells can be dried and used as containers.[3]
References

Donoghue, Michael J.; Judd, Walter S.; Campbell, Christopher; Elizabeth A. Kellogg; Stevens, Peter F. (2008). Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Sunderland, Mass: Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-407-3.
Mabberley, David (2008). Mabberley's Plant-Book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82071-5.
"Lagenaria Ser". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

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