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Taxon:  Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups)



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12607
Place of publication:
Landw. Samenk. 2:819. 1885 (L. H. Bailey, Stand. cycl. hort. 1:910. 1930)
Comment:
  • [or Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups]
  • probably not the oldest varietal name
  • Alefeld (Landw. Fl. 222. 1866) published this as a "var.-gr.", which is not the rank of variety
Verified:
05/15/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. (0 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. 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
Basionym
Cucurbita ovifera L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. melopepo (L.) Harz
Cucurbita pepo L. var. patisson Filov, nom. nud.
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Reference(s)
  1. Andres, T. C. & H. B. Tukey, Jr. 1995. Complexities in the infraspecific nomenclature of the Cucurbita pepo complex. Acta Hort. 413:76.
  2. Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:95.
  3. Decker, D. S. & H. D. Wilson. 1986. Numerical analysis of seed morphology in Cucurbita pepo. Syst. Bot. 11:596. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  4. Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  5. 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. 124:857-891. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122 Note: = Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana
  6. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  7. Kates, H. R. et al. 2017. Evolutionary and domestication history of Cucurbita (pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:98-109. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  9. Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):61. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  10. Paris, H. S. 1986. A proposed subspecific classification for Cucurbita pepo. Phytologia 61:135. URL: http://www.phytologia.org/
  11. 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
  12. Wilson, H. D. 1999. Free-living Cucurbita pepo in the United States: Viral Resistance, Gene Flow, and Risk Assessment. Web Report for USDA-APHIS URL: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/flcp/flcp1.htm
Common names
English
acorn squash –
fordhook squash –
ornamental gourd –
pattypan squash –
scallop squash –
straightneck squash –
summer crookneck squash –
table queen squash –
Japanese Rōmaji
kazari-kabocha –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfruits grown for ornamentDecker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human foodfruitfruits used like a vegetableDecker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231


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