Cucurbitaceae De Jussieu 1789
Creators: name: Umoh, Omodot Timothy
name: Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae

description: A Dichotomous Key for the Identification of Species of Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State.
1a. Petal colour white ...............................................................................................................................................................................2
1b. Petal colour yellow .............................................................................................................................................................................5
2a. Leaf texture scabrid ............................................................................................................................................................................3
2b. Leaf texture smooth............................................................................................................................................................................4
3a. Fruit shape spherical........................................................................................................................................... Lagenaria sphaerica
3b. Fruit shape not spherical...................................................................................................................................... Lagenaria siceraria
4a. Leaf type compound .......................................................................................................................................... Telfairia occidentalis
4b. Leaf type simple ...................................................................................................................................... Trichosanthes cucumerina
5a. Leaf apex acute...................................................................................................................................................................................6
5b. Leaf apex acuminate...........................................................................................................................................................................9
6a. Tendrils unbranched .................................................................................................................................................. Cucumis sativus
6b. Tendrils branched ...............................................................................................................................................................................7
7a. Flowers solitary ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
7b. Flowers not solitary .................................................................................................................................................. Luffa aegyptiaca
8a. Fruit smooth........................................................................................................................................................... Cucurbita maxima
8b. Fruit pubescent ......................................................................................................................................................... Siraitia africana
9a. Leaf glabrous.................................................................................................................................................... Mormodica charantia
9b. Leaf pubescent..................................................................................................................................................................................10
10a. Fruit shape spherical................................................................................................................................................. Citrullus lanatus
10b. Fruit shape cylindrical ................................................................................................................................ Citrullus mucosospermus
description: Published as part of Umoh, Omodot Timothy & Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel, 2021, Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, pp. 107-128 in Phytotaxa 508 (2) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5425837