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Taxon:
Cucurbita moschata
Duchesne
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12601
Place of publication:
Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo
L. var.
moschata
Duchesne
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Reference(s)
Andres, T. C.
2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (
Cucurbita moschata
): a review of infraspecific classifications. Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
Bailey, L. H.
1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
Bemis, W. P.
1963. Interspecific hybridization in
Cucurbita
: II
C. moschata
Poir. × xerophytic species of
Cucurbita
. J. Heredity 54:285-289.
Bisset, N. G., ed.
1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Note:
mentions
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:252-264.
Decker-Walters, D. S. et al.
1990. Genealogy and gene flow among annual domesticated species of
Cucurbita
. Canad. J. Bot. 68:783.
Demilly, D. et al.
1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6.
Note:
GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Ferriol, M. & B. Picó.
2008. Pumpkin and winter squash. Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables I 1:317-349.
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+moschata&quantity=1
Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov.
1982. Cucurbitaceae (
Citrullus
,
Cucurbita
). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:189.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Note:
cultivated
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.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
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
Note:
Cucurbita moschata
was represented by 9 samples from its extended geograhic distribution; this study recover all samples in a well-supported clade but without geographic pattern;
C. moschata
was resolved with strong support sister to
C. argyrosperma
Kawaide, T.
1985. Utilization of rootstocks in Cucurbits production in Japan. Jap. Agric. Res. Quart. 18:285-288.
Leiva González, S. et al.
2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
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 9:10-11, 73-74.
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.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Nuez, F. et al.
1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
Paris, H. S.
2000. First two publications by Duchesne of
Cucurbita moschata
(Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 49:303-317.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
regarding authorship
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
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.
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
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.
Wessel-Beaver, L.
2000. Evidence for the center of diversity of
Cucurbita moschata
in Colombia. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 23:54-55.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
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
butternut pumpkin –
Reference(s)
butternut squash –
Reference(s)
calabaza pumpkin –
Reference(s)
cheese pumpkin –
Reference(s)
golden cushaw –
Reference(s)
pumpkin –
Reference(s)
squash –
Reference(s)
winter crookneck squash –
Reference(s)
English (Pakistan)
red gourd –
Reference(s)
Spanish gourd –
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squash gourd –
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French
citrouille –
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courge musquée –
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pâtisson –
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German
Bisam-Kürbis –
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Moschuskürbis –
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Italian
zucca torta –
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Japanese Rōmaji
kikuza-kabocha –
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Portuguese
abóbora-rasteira –
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Spanish
auyama –
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ayote –
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calabaza moscada –
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calabaza pellejo –
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chicamita –
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lacayote –
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sequaloa –
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zapallo –
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Spanish (Peru)
loche –
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Transcribed Chinese
nan gua –
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Transcribed Korean
hobag –
Reference(s)
Urdu (Pakistan)
halva kaddu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
6
Other
probable origin n. Colombia
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Other
(probable origin n. Colombia)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
fruits used like a vegetable
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human food
seeds
Andres, T. C.
2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (
Cucurbita moschata
): a review of infraspecific classifications. Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
Medicines
folklore
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
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References