English: Gourd order.
Botany: ± 130 genera; ± 2600 species; cosmopolitan, particularly tropics; herbs, climber herbs, woody lianas, shrubs; leaves spiral, secondary veins palmated; calyx or perianth valvate; elevated stomatal calyx, perianth; separate styles.
TaxonomyCucurbitales is one of the Orders in
Fabidae, part of the Nitrogen‑fixing clade. The Order of the
Cucurbitales in the
Apg3 classification consists of the Families
Apodanthaceae,
Anisophylleaceae,
Begoniaceae,
Coriariaceae,
Corynocarpaceae,
Cucurbitaceae,
Datiscaceae,
Tetramelaceae.
In the
Plant theory the Nitrogen‑fixing clade is in
Phases 5 to 7.
Cucurbitales is in
Phase 7.
The chlorine element of
Phase 7 can be seen in the fear of losing the family and friends, the holding onto the family.
The fluorine element is reflected in the fear of poverty, the desire to have a lot of money and the gambling with money to get more.
The Nitrogen element of
Subphase 5 exaggerates the desire to make money and the fear of poverty. The combination of Nitrogen and Chlorine is the expansion of water, as in the fruits of this family, huge fruit with enormous fluids, the largest fruits of the Plant kingdom. Some of the fruits are even exploding, like
Ecballium elaterium.
Subphases1.
Anisophylleaceae2.
Coriariaceae,
Corynocarpaceae3.
Datiscaceae4.
Tetramelaceae5.
Cucurbitaceae6.
Begoniaceae7.
Apodanthaceae, parasitic.