begonias, gourds, and allies
Cucurbitales
The Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. This order mostly belongs to tropical areas, with limited presence in subtropic and temperate regions. The order includes shrubs and trees, together with many herbs and climbers. One major characteristic of the Cucurbitales is the presence of unisexual flowers, mostly pentacyclic, with thick pointed petals (whenever present). The pollination is usually performed by insects, but wind pollination is also present (in...
8 branches of this order, most-observed first
gourd family
familyCucurbitaceae
Begonia family
familyBegoniaceae
Coriariaceae
familyCoriariaceae
Corynocarpaceae
familyCorynocarpaceae
Dastica Family
familyDatiscaceae
Tetramelaceae
familyTetramelaceae
Anisophylleaceae
familyAnisophylleaceae
Apodanthaceae
familyApodanthaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71281.