The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are:
Dracaena is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. The genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae. It has also formerly been separated into the family Dracaenaceae or placed in the Agavaceae.
Mesua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae, native to tropical southern Asia. Common names include ironwood and rose chestnut.
Melastoma is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has over 100 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, north to Japan, south to Australia and the Pacific Islands. The number of species should probably be reduced according to some sources. Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers.
Crudia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae.
Henriettea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, with some 68 species accepted. It is distributed in the Americas. Some species in the genus are known commonly as camasey.
Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus was named after John Hope, 1725–1786, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. It contains some 113 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest, but some species can become also emergent trees, such as Hopea nutans.
Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
Eria is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.
Otostylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Trinidad.
- Otostylis alba(Ridl.) Summerh. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana
- Otostylis brachystalix(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru
- Otostylis lepida(Linden & Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- Otostylis paludosa(Cogn.) Schltr. - Peru, Mato Grosso
Zehneria is a genus of flowering plants – of vines in the cucumber and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It contains about 35 species ranging from Africa, through Southeast Asia to Australia and Oceania. The name honours botanical artist Joseph Zehner.
Veyretia is a genus of terrestrial orchids native to South America and to Trinidad.
- Veyretia aphylla(Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Veyretia caudata(R.J.V.Alves) Mytnik - Minas Gerais
- Veyretia cogniauxiana(Barb.Rodr. ex Cogn.) Szlach. - Minas Gerais
- Veyretia hassleri(Cogn.) Szlach. - Brazil, Paraguay
- Veyretia neuroptera(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
- Veyretia rupicola(Garay) F.Barros - Brazil
- Veyretia sagittata(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil
- Veyretia simplex(Griseb.) Szlach. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Veyretia sincorensis(Schltr.) Szlach. - Bahia
- Veyretia szlachetkoanaMytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
- Veyretia undulataSzlach. - Brazil
Sonerila is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. This genus is characterized by presence of three petals as opposed to five in the other members of the family. Most members of the genus prefer growing in shady habitats. It is a large genus including about 175 species.
Dissochaeta is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. Species can be found in: Hainan and Indo-China through to Malesia.
Melothria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in Melothria were reassigned to Cucumis.
Cyrtophyllum is a genus of tropical Asian tree species in the family Gentianaceae and the tribe Potalieae. Species may have previously been placed in the genus Fagraea and can be found in Indo-China and Malesia.
Phyllagathis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and Malesia. The taxon is believed to be highly polyphyletic.
Anerincleistus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Bambekea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Pternandra is a genus of trees in the Melastomataceae family. There are 17 species in the taxa. It is native to an area from northern Australia through Southeast Asia to Hainan, Zhōngguó/China and India. The botanist William Jack who named the taxa, died at 27 years of age, the year his description was published.
