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Taxon:  Cucurbita pepo L.



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12606
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Verified:
02/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:92.
  3. Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:4-15. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  4. Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 2002. Diversity in free-living populations of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) as assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Syst. Bot. 27:19-28. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
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  8. 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+pepo&quantity=1
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  16. Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:12-14, 75-78. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
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Common names
English
bitter bottle gourd –
bush squash –
marrow –
pumpkin –
squash –
French
citrouille –
courge pepon –
German
Gemüse-Kürbis –
Italian
zucchino –
Spanish (Mexico)
calabaza –
Swedish
pumpa –
Transcribed Chinese
xi hu lu –
Urdu (Pakistan)
ghia kaddu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouris.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoman.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisianan.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinoiss.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri (s.), Oklahoma (n.e.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Louisiana (n.e.), Mississippi]
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky]
Economic Uses
Medicines
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kellerman et al.) –


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