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Taxon:  Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
313747
Place of publication:
C. Huber freres & Co., Catalogue de graines pour 1867:8. 1867
Verified:
06/19/1991 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma var. argyrosperma (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma var. callicarpa L. Merrick & D. M. Bates (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma var. palmeri (L. H. Bailey) L. Merrick & D. M. Bates (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma var. stenosperma (Pangalo) L. Merrick & D. M. Bates (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. sororia (L. H. Bailey) L. Merrick & D. M. Bates (0 active accession[s])
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. Ferriol, M. & B. Picó. 2008. Pumpkin and winter squash. Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables I. 2008 1(4):317-349.
  3. 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+argyrosperma&quantity=1
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). 2000 Art. 26.3, Ex. 7. http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm
  5. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
  6. Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 1994 63-77. Note: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/cucurbits.html
  7. Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:2-6, 62-66. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  8. Mabberley, D. J. 1985. ‘Die neuen pflanzen von Ch. Huber Frères & Co. in Hyères’. Taxon 34:452. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  10. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  11. Merrick, L. C. & D. M. Bates. 1989. Classification and nomenclature of Cucurbita argyrosperma. Baileya 23:94-102.
  12. Merrick, L. C. 1990. Systematics and evolution of a domesticated squash, Cucurbita argyrosperma, and its wild and weedy relatives. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 77-95.
  13. Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58. Note: mentions
  14. Sanjur, O. I. et al. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:535-540.
  15. Sisko, M. et al. 2003. Genome size analysis in the genus Cucurbita and its use for determination of interspecific hybrids obtained using the embryo-rescue technique. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 165:663-669.
  16. Wessel-Beaver, L. 2000. Cucurbita argyrosperma sets fruit in fields where C. moschata is the only pollen source. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 23:62-63.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States s.w.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Cultivated
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.w.)
Economic Uses


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