Talk:Cucurbitaceae

Needs rigorous editing
For example, the number of species is given inconsistently in different paragraphs!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.145.28 (talk) 08:39, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Going to have to second that request, unless a genus of fish is actually a plant. 64.229.253.196 (talk) 02:33, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * A generic name can be used more than once in taxonomy, provided that it has not been used before in that particular kingdom, like, example, Proteus the salamander versus the genus of bacterium.--Mr Fink (talk) 03:20, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

While true, the cladogram contains at least two links to the wrong taxa that share the same name, Hanburia and Cucurbitella. The links should point to plants and not trilobites or amoebae. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.67.112 (talk) 17:52, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Another Honorable Mention
from the article...

"although not nearly as important as the grass family, Poaceae, legume family, Fabaceae, or Nightshade family, Solanaceae."

The family Rosaceae could be included in the list of such important food providing families. The Rosaceae are probably more important than the Cucubits

Common names please
Please add common names (in parentheses) for well-known plants like cucumber, canteloupe, etc., in the family tree.

Proposed Merge
Possibly should be merged, or contain a brief set of links to other types of commonly known Pepos such as pumkpins, and squashes.

Additionally, looking up one type of fruit should include a link or to the Fruit general page, which lists each type of fruit.

Cucumis and related genera
I add the ref Ghebretinsae et al. because I consider an important source based on both nuclear and chloroplast genome, but I disagree partially with their conclusions that the genera Myrmecosycios, Oreosyce and Cucumella should be regarded synonyms of Cucumis, since that there was weak bootstrap support and polytomy (anagenesis) for this. Berton 19:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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New 2017 paper
Jinpeng Wang et al, An overlooked paleo-tetraploidization in Cucurbitaceae, Molecular Biology and Evolution (2017). DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx242

Squashes
This article could mention how members of this family are typically known as squashes, and distinguish summer squashes (such as cucumber or courgettes) from winter squashes (such as pumpkin or butternut squash). Vorbee (talk) 16:05, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Not all members of this family are "typically known as squashes"; some are cucumbers, bitter melons, etc. (I would never myself call a cucumber a "summer squash"). Squashes are dealt with at Squash (plant). Peter coxhead (talk) 16:24, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * A) Cucumbers are not officially considered summer squash, and B) plenty of well-known curcubits are never referred to as "squash," like gourds, and watermelon, for example.--Mr Fink (talk) 16:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Inconsistency in Wikipedia taxonomy: Genus Sechium.?
So there is a Sechium article, and the article on the chayote uses that generic name. On the other hand, Sechium doesn't show in the list here, and there is an HTML comment saying it's a synonym of Sicyos. One, why are we hiding important information in HTML comments? Two, which article(s) should be corrected, this one or the chayote and Sechium articles? IAmNitpicking (talk) 11:21, 9 September 2019 (UTC)


 * The title of the article at Sechium is based on the now obsolete database The Plant List. The more up to date Plants of the World Online uses Sicyos, and the article should be moved to this name. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Should this article maybe mention Sechium as an obsolete synonym? Real question, not rhetorical: what is the Wikipedia standard for taxonomic changes? I don't know.IAmNitpicking (talk) 19:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * If you look at organism articles, synonyms are listed in the taxobox. If a plant has been well known by a different name, then I would certainly expect this to be in the text of the article, even in the opening sentence. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:38, 11 September 2019 (UTC)