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Taxon:
Cucurbita pepo
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12606
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/17/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
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])
Cucurbita pepo
L. var.
pepo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii
Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata
Molina
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Bailey, L. H.
1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:92.
Decker, D. S.
1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of
Cucurbita pepo
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:4-15.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
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
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7
Note:
GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cucurbita+pepo&quantity=1
Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov.
1982. Cucurbitaceae (
Citrullus
,
Cucurbita
). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:178.
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. 124:875-891.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Kates, H. R. et al.
2017. Evolutionary and domestication history of
Cucurbita
(pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:980-109.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández.
1994. Cucurbits (
Cucurbita
spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77.
URL:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/cucurbits.html
Note:
FAO, Rome, Italy.
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)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Paris, H. S. et al.
2003. Assessment of genetic relationships in
Cucurbita pepo
(Cucurbitaceae) using DNA markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106:971-978.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Paris, H. S.
1986. A proposed subspecific classification for
Cucurbita pepo
. Phytologia 61:133-138.
URL:
http://www.phytologia.org/
Paris, H. S.
2008. Summer squash. Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables I 1:351-379.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rosengarten, F.
1984. The book of edible nuts
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.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
bitter bottle gourd –
Reference(s)
bush squash –
Reference(s)
marrow –
Reference(s)
pumpkin –
Reference(s)
squash –
Reference(s)
French
citrouille –
Reference(s)
courge pepon –
Reference(s)
German
Gemüse-Kürbis –
Reference(s)
Italian
zucchino –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Mexico)
calabaza –
Reference(s)
Swedish
pumpa –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
xi hu lu –
Reference(s)
Urdu (Pakistan)
ghia kaddu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Missouri
s.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Oklahoma
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Nuevo León
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Tamaulipas
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Arkansas
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Mississippi
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Illinois
s.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Kentucky
Native
Northern America
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Missouri (s.), Oklahoma (n.e.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arkansas, Louisiana (n.e.), Mississippi]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Illinois (s.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Kentucky]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Name
References