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Taxon:  Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12590
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:98[folio]; 2:123[quarto]. 1817
Verified:
02/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bailey, L. H. 1943. Species of Cucurbita. Gentes Herbarum 6:313.
  3. Bemis et al. 1978. The buffalo gourd: a new potential horticultural crop. HortScience 13:235-240.
  4. Bemis, W. P. 1963. Interspecific hybridization in Cucurbita: II C. moschata Poir. × xerophytic species of Cucurbita. J. Heredity 54:285-289.
  5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cucurbita+foetidissima&quantity=1
  8. Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov. 1982. Cucurbitaceae (Citrullus, Cucurbita). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:205.
  9. Gathman, A. C. & W. P. Bemis. 1990. Domestication of buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 335-348.
  10. Goffman, F. D. & N. V. Gomez. 1996. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Jojoba and its uses and of the Third International Conference on New Industrial Crops and Products. 225-228.
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  12. Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:1-116. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  14. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
  15. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  16. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  17. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  18. Mohlenbrock, R. H. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. 1975
  19. Munz, P. A. A flora of southern California. 1974
  20. Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58. Note: mentions
  21. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  22. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  23. Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 1991- Note: both as a wild and adventive
  24. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
  25. Smith, E. B. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. 1978
  26. Steyermark, J. A. Flora of Missouri. 1977
  27. Whitaker, T. W. & W. P. Bemis. 1964. Evolution in the genus Cucurbita. Evolution 18:553-559.
  28. Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. 1980
  29. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
buffalo gourd –
Missouri gourd –
prairie gourd –
German
Prärie-Kürbis –
Spanish
calabacilla amarga –
calabazilla –
chilicote –
Swedish
bisonpumpa –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraskas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoAguascalientes 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJaliscon.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQueretaro 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornias.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtahs.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska (s.), Oklahoma]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco (n.), Mexico, Queretaro]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (s.), Utah (s.)]
Economic Uses
Animal food
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide Goffman & Gomez 1996) –
Human food
potential as oil/fat (fide Biol Cucurb 335-348. 1990) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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