Order

Cucurbitales (Begonias, gourds, and allies)

Datisca glomerata. Photo: (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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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…

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Subtaxa

Family: Datiscaceae

Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd family)

Where in Humboldt

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