Cucurbitaceae

Genera 101 Accepted species 1,058 Documented here 187 Coverage 18%

We document 187 of the 1,058 accepted species in Cucurbitaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 53 of 101

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Cucumis 17 60
Trichosanthes 13 107
Sicyos 11 66
Cayaponia 9 77
Cucurbita 9 19
Momordica 9 50
Zehneria 8 66
Coccinia 7 28
Cyclanthera 6 48
Gurania 6 48
Kedrostis 6 22
Marah 6 8
Citrullus 5 7
Echinopepon 5 21
Trochomeria 5 10
Apodanthera 4 26
Bryonia 4 10
Luffa 4 10
Psiguria 4 6
Thladiantha 4 25
Corallocarpus 3 15
Ibervillea 3 8
Melothria 3 13
Peponium 3 20
Schizocarpum 3 10
Cionosicys 2 4
Lagenaria 2 6
Abobra 1 1
Acanthosicyos 1 1
Actinostemma 1 3
Alsomitra 1 1
Benincasa 1 2
Blastania 1 3
Brandegea 1 1
Cucurbitella 1 1
Dactyliandra 1 1
Dendrosicyos 1 2
Diplocyclos 1 5
Ecballium 1 1
Echinocystis 1 1
Fevillea 1 9
Gerrardanthus 1 5
Gynostemma 1 17
Hanburia 1 7
Neoalsomitra 1 11
Nothoalsomitra 1 1
Penelopeia 1 2
Polyclathra 1 1
Ruthalicia 1 2
Schizopepon 1 8
Sicydium 1 9
Sicyosperma 1 1
Wilbrandia 1 5

Genera we do not yet document 48 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.