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Taxon:  Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
314934
Comment:
[or C. pepo Cocozelle, Ornamental Gourd, Pumpkin, Vegetable Marrow, and Zucchini Groups]
Verified:
05/16/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. (3 active accession[s])
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])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. citrulina Filov, nom. nud.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. giraumontia Filov, nom. nud.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. styriaca Greb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bisset, N. G., ed. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. 1994 Note: = Cucurbita pepo convar. citrullina var. styriaca
  2. Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:11. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  3. Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov. 1982. Cucurbitaceae (Citrullus, Cucurbita). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:181.
  4. Gong, L. et al. 2012. Genetic relationships and evolution in Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd) as revealed by simple sequence repeat polymorphisms. Theor. Appl. Genet. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1752-z http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  5. Hannan, G. L. 1988. Evaluation of relationships within Eriodictyon (Hydrophyllaceae) using trichome characteristics. Amer. J. Bot. 75:520. http://www.amjbot.org
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  7. Murkovic, M. et al. 1999. Distribution of fatty acids and vitamin E content in pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo L.) in breeding lines. Acta Hort. 492:47-56.
  8. Nesom, G. L. 2011. Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 2011-13:1-33. Note: as a distinct cultivated subspecies selected from Mexican populations
  9. Paris, H. S. 1986. A proposed subspecific classification for Cucurbita pepo. Phytologia 61:134. http://www.phytologia.org/
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. Wilson, H. D. Free-living Cucurbita pepo in the United States: Viral Resistance, Gene Flow, and Risk Assessment. Web Report for USDA-APHIS. 1999 http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/flcp/flcp1.htm
Common names
English
cocozelle –
courgette –
marrow –
ornamental gourd –
pumpkin –
spaghetti squash –
vegetable marrow –
zucchini –
German
Patisson –
Zucchini –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
fruit (fruits used like a vegetable fide Econ Bot 42:11. 1988; Biol Cucurb 333. 1990) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbal Drugs) –


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