Cucumites Bowerbank 1840

Angiospermae - Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae

Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay 1-144

Parent taxon: Cucurbitaceae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976

See also Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Cucumis, Cucurbitaciphyllum, Cucurbites, Cucurbitospermum, Melothria, Sicyos

Subtaxa: Cucumites lesquereuxii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Paleogene of India (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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