Literature.

Selection of important cucurbit literature

Achigan-Dako, E.G., Avohou, E.S., Linsoussi, C., Ahanchede, A., Vodouhe, R.S., Blattner, F.R. 2015. Phenetic characterization of Citrullus spp. (Cucurbitaceae) and differentiation of egusi-type (C. mucosospermus). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 62: 1159–1179.

Akashi, Y., Fukuda, N., Wako, T., Masuda, M., Kato, K. 2002. Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships in East and South Asian melons, Cucumis melo L., based on the analysis of five isozymes. Euphytica 125: 385–396.

Akimoto, J., Fukuhara, T., Kikuzawa, K. 1999. Sex ratio and genetic variation in a functionally androdioecious species, Schizopepon bryoniaefolius (Cucurbitaceae). Am. J. Bot. 86: 880–886.

Akoroda, M.O., Ogbechie-Odiaka, N.I., Adebayo, M.L., Ugwo, O.E., Fuwa, B. 1990. Flowering, pollination and fruiting in fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis). Sci. Hort. 43: 197–206.

Alvarado, J.L., Lira, R., Caballero, J. 1992. Palynological evidence for the generic delimitation of Sechium sensu lato (Cucurbitaceae) and its allies. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 22: 109–121.

Alverson, A.J., Wei, X.-X., Rice, D.W., Stern, D.B., Barry, K., Palmer, J.D. 2010. Insights into the evolution of mitochondrial genome size from complete sequences of Citrullus lanatus and Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 27: 1436–1448.

Ayala-Nieto, M.L., Lira Saade, R., Alvarado J.L. 1988. Morfología polínica de las Cucurbitaceae de la Península de Yucatán, Mexico. Pollen Spores 30: 5–28.

Bailey, L.H. 1930. Three discussions in Cucurbitaceae. Gentes Herbarum 2: 175–186.

Bailey, L.H. 1943. Species of Cucurbita. Gentes Herbarum 6: 266–322.

Barber, K.G. 1909. Comparative histology of fruits and seeds of certain species of Cucurbitaceae. Bot. Gaz. 47: 263–310.

Barth, O.M., Pinto da Luz, C.F., Gomes-Klein, V.L. 2005. Pollen morphology of Brazilian species of Cayaponia Silva Manso (Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbiteae). Grana 44: 129–136.

Bates, D.M., Robinson, W.R., Jeffrey, C. (eds). 1990. Biology and utilisation of the Cucurbitaceae. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Beevy, S.S., Kuriachan, P. 1996. Chromosome numbers of South Indian Cucurbitaceae and a note on the cytological evolution in the family. J. Cytol. Genet. 31: 65–71.

Bellot, S., Mitchell, T.C., Schaefer, H. 2020. Phylogenetic informativeness analyses to clarify past diversification processes in Cucurbitaceae. Scientific Reports 10: 488.

Berndt, R. 2007. A global survey of Puccinia-rust on Cucurbitaceae. Mycol. Progress 6: 151–178.

Bhaduri, P.N., Bose, P.C. 1947. Cyto-genetical investigations in some common cucurbits with special reference to fragmentation of chromosomes as a physical basis of speciation. J. Genet. 48: 237–256.

Bhar, N.C., Datta, K.B. 1982. Cytomorphological studies in diploid and induced tetraploid of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt. Proc. Ind. Sci. Congress Ass. 69(3/6): 216.

Blanca, J., Esteras, C., Ziarsolo, P., Pérez, D., Fernández-Pedrosa, V., Collado, C., de Pablos, R.R., Ballester, A., Roig, C., Canizares, J., Picó, B. 2012. Transcriptome sequencing for SNP discovery across Cucumis melo. BMC Genomics 13: 280.

Borchert, M. 2004. Vertebrate seed dispersal of Marah macrocarpus (Cucurbitaceae) after fire in the Western transverse ranges of California. Ecoscience 12: 463–471.

Bräuchler, C., Dwivedi, M.D., Schaefer, H. 2016. Notes on the identity and typification of Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C.Jeffrey and Zehneria tridactyla (Hook.f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. (Cucurbitaceae). Phytotaxa 284: 143–146.

Carlquist, S. 1992. Wood anatomy of selected Cucurbitaceae and its relationship to habit and systematics. Nord. J. Bot. 12: 347–355.

Chakravarty, H.L. 1959. Monograph of Indian Cucurbitaceae (taxonomy and distribution). Records of the Botanical Survey of India 17: 1–234.

Che, G., Zhang, X. 2019. Molecular basis of cucumber fruit domestication. Current opinion in plant biology 47: 38–46.

Chen, J.C.C., Chiu, M.H., Nie, R.L., Cordell, G.A., Qiu, S.X. 2005. Cucurbitacins and cucurbitane glycosides: structures and biological activities. Nat. Prod. Rep. 22: 386–399.

Chesters, K.I.M. 1957. The Miocene flora of Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Palaeontographica 101B: 30–71.

Chevalier, A. J. B. 1901. Un ancêtre présumé du melon cultivé (Cucumis melo L.). Bulletin du Muséum d’histoire naturelle Muséum national 1ère série 7: 284–287.

Chomicki, G., Renner, S.S. 2015. Watermelon origin solved with molecular phylogenetics including Linnaean material: Another example of museomics. New Phytologist 205: 526–532.

Chomicki, G., Schaefer, H., Renner, S.S. 2019. Origin and domestication of Cucurbitaceae crops: Insights from phylogenies, genomics and archaeology. New Phytologist (online early, doi: 10.1111/nph.16015).

Chopra, R.N. 1955. Some observations on endosperm development in the Cucurbitaceae. Phytomorphology 5: 219–230.

Chopra, R.N., Basu, B. 1965. Female gametophyte and endosperm of some members of the Cucurbitaceae. Phytomorphology 15: 217–223.

Chopra, R.N., Seth, P.N. 1977. Some aspects of endosperm development in Cucurbitaceae. Phytomorphology 27: 112–115.

Chung, S.-M., Decker-Walters, D.S., Staub, J.E. 2003. Genetic relationships within the Cucurbitaceae as assessed by consensus chloroplast simple sequence repeats (ccSSR) marker and sequence analysis. Can. J. Bot. 81: 814–832.

Clarke, A.C., Burtenshaw, M.K., McLenachan, P.A., Erickson, D.L., Penny D. 2006. Reconstructing the origins and dispersal of the Polynesian bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). Mol. Biol. Evol. 23: 893–900.

Cogniaux, C.A. 1881. Cucurbitaceae. Pp. 325– 951 and 953– 954 in: De Candolle, A.L.P.P and De Candolle, A.C.P. (eds.), Monographiae phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc continuatio nunc revisio auctoribus 3. Paris: G. Masson.

Cogniaux, C.A. 1916. Cucurbitaceae-Fevilleae et Melothrieae. Pp. 1–277 in: Engler, A. (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich 66, Fam. IV.275.I. Berlin: W. Engelmann.

Collinson, M.E., Andrews, P., Bamford, M.K. 2009. Taphonomy of the early Miocene flora, Hiwegi Formation, Rusinga Island, Kenya. J. Human Evol. 57: 149–162.

Condon, M.A., Gilbert, L.E. 1988. Sex expression of Gurania and Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae): Neotropical vines that change sex. Am. J. Bot. 75: 875–884.

Cornejo, X., Schaefer, H., and M.H. Nee. 2020. Tecunumania stothertiae (Cucurbitaceae): a new species from western Ecuador and a new generic record for South America. Phytotaxa 446(3): 199–204.

Costich, D.E., Galán, F. 1988. The ecology of the monoecious and dioecious subspecies of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. (Cucurbitaceae) I. Geographic distribution and its relationship to climatic conditions in Spain. Lagascalia 15 (suppl.): 697–710.

Costich, D.E., Meagher, T.R. 1992. Genetic variation in Ecballium elaterium: breeding system and geographic distribution. J. Evol. Biol. 5: 589–601.

Crouch, N., Prentice, C., Smith, G.F., Symmonds, R. 1999. South Africa’s rarest caudiciform cucurbit, Gerrardanthus tomentosus. Bradleya 17: 95–100.

Dane, F., Liu, J., Zhang, C. 2007. Phylogeography of the bitter apple, Citrullus colocynthis. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54: 327–336.

Dane, F., Tsuchiya, T. 1979. Meiotic chromosome and pollen morphological studies of polyploid Cucumis species. Euphytica 28: 53–567.

Dane, F., Denna, D.W., Tsuchiya, T. 1980. Evolutionary studies of wild species in the genus Cucumis. Zeitschr. Pflanzenzücht. 85: 89–109.

De Boer, H., Thulin, M. 2012. Synopsis of Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) based on recent molecular phylogenetic data. PhytoKeys 12: 23–33.

De Boer, H., Schaefer, H., Renner, S.S., Thulin, M. 2012. Evolution and loss of petal fringes: a case study using a dated phylogeny of the snake gourds (Trichosanthes, Cucurbitaceae). BMC Evol. Biol. 12: 108.

Decker-Walters, D.S., Chung, S.M., Staub, J.E., Quemada, H.D., López-Sesé, A.I. 2002. The origin and genetic affinities of wild populations of melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in North America. Plant Syst. Evol. 233: 183–197.

Deshpande, P.K., Bhuskute, S.M. Makde, K.H. 1986. Microsporogenesis and male gametophyte in some Cucurbitaceae. Phytomorphology 36: 145–150.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., De Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2001. Taxonomy of Hodgsonia (Cucurbitaceae), with a note on the ovules and seeds. Blumea 46: 169–179.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., De Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2002. Synopsis of Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) in SE Asia and Malesia. Bot. Zhurn. 87: 132–148.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2003a. Revision of Neoalsomitra (Cucurbitaceae). Blumea 48: 99–121.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., De Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2003b. The genus Baijiania (Cucurbitaceae). Blumea 48: 279–284.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., De Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2004. Review of the genus Solena (Cucurbitaceae). Blumea 49: 69–81.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2004.The genus Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Sabah. Sandakania14: 5–32.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2006a. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51: 1–88.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2006b. Review of the genus Gymnopetalum (Cucurbitaceae). Blumea 51: 281–296.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2006c. Scopellaria, a new genus name in Cucurbitaceae. Blumea 51: 297–298.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2006d. The subtribe Thladianthinae (Cucurbitaceae) in Indochina and Malesia. Blumea 51: 493–518.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2006e. Mukia Arn. (Cucurbitaceae) in Asia, in particular in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull. (Botany) 34: 38–52.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2007a. Gynostemma (Cucurbitaceae) in Thailand and Malesia. Blumea 52: 263–280.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2007b. Diversity in Zanonia indica (Cucurbitaceae). Blumea 52: 281–290.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2007c. Mukia Arn. (Cucurbitaceae) in Asia, in particular in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 34: 38–52.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2007d. The wild species of Cucumis L. (Cucurbitaceae) in South-East Asia. Adansonia, sér. III, 29: 239–248.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2008. Cucurbitaceae. In Flora of Thailand 9, 4: 135 pp., 12 plates. Niran.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2009a. Miscellaneous Southeast Asian Cucurbit news II. Reinwardtia 12: 405–414.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2009b. Miscellaneous Cucurbit News III. Garden’s Bulletin Singapore 61: 205–216.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2010. Cucurbitaceae. In Flora Malesiana 19. Leiden: National Herbarium Netherland.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2012. Keys to and checklist of species of the genus Trichosanthes L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Indochina. Adansonia 34: 265–278.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E., van der Ham, R.W.J.M. 2004. Khmeriosicyos, a new monotypic genus of Cucurbitaceae from Cambodia. Blumea 49: 441–446.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E., van der Ham, R.W.J.M. 2007. Borneosicyos simplex (Cucurbitaceae) a veritable rare plant peculiar of Kinabalu Park. Flora Malesiana Bull. 14: 33–42.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E., van der Ham, R.W.J.M. 2007. Revision of the genus Gomphogyne (Cucurbitaceae). Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 35: 45–68.

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De Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E., van der Ham, R.W.J.M., De Wilde, W.J.J.O. 2003. Papuasicyos, a new genus of Cucurbitaeae. Blumea 48: 123–128.

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