Taxon:
Cucurbita argyrosperma C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma
Summary
Verified:
02/07/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. URL: http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
- Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
- 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
- Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:62-63. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- Merrick, L. C. & D. M. Bates. 1989. Classification and nomenclature of Cucurbita argyrosperma. Baileya 23:95.
- 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 77-95.
- 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
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Whitaker, T. W. & W. P. Bemis. 1964. Evolution in the genus Cucurbita. Evolution 18:553-559. Note: = Cucurbita mixta
- Wilson, H. D. et al. 1994. Crop/weed gene flow: Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber and C. fraterna L. H. Bailey (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 48:293-300. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Common names
English
cushaw – German
Ayote – Spanish
ayote – calabaza pinta – pipián – Swedish
silverfröpumpa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | s.w. |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Central America | | |
Cultivated
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico, United States (s.w.)
Southern America
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Human food | seeds | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |