Cucurbita pepo L.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Introduced into:
Alabama, Albania, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil South, Burkina, California, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Illinois, India, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Marianas, Marshall Is., Massachusetts, Michigan, Nauru, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, North Carolina, Norway, Ohio, Oman, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Québec, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, St.Helena, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., West Himalaya, Zaïre
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort. in Fl. Belg.: 54 (1827)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Citrullus variegatus Schrad. ex M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 51 (1846)
- Cucumis zapallo Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840)
- Cucurbita aurantia Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 607 (1805)
- Cucurbita ceratoceras Haberle ex Mart. in Reise Bras. 1: 536 (1823)
- Cucurbita citrullus var. alba M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita citrullus var. flava M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita citrullus var. grisea M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita citrullus var. variegata M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita citrullus var. viridis M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita clodiensis Naccari in Fl. Ven. 5: 52 (1828)
- Cucurbita courgero Ser. in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 3(2): t. 1 (1825)
- Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad. in Linnaea 12: 407 (1838)
- Cucurbita esculenta Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 552 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Cucurbita fastuosa Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796)
- Cucurbita hybrida Bertol. ex Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 29 (1856)
- Cucurbita lignosa Mill. in Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768)
- Cucurbita mammeata Molina in Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 133 (1782)
- Cucurbita mammosa J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 101 (1791)
- Cucurbita marsupiiformis Haberle ex M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 92 (1846), not validly publ.
- Cucurbita oblonga Link in Handbuch 1: 643 (1829)
- Cucurbita pepo var. akoda Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 8: 46 (1932)
- Cucurbita pepo subvar. alba Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885), nom. illeg.
- Cucurbita pepo f. alba M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. americana Zhit. in Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 194 (1930)
- Cucurbita pepo var. aurantia (Willd.) Tod. in Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858)
- Cucurbita pepo var. australis Tod. in Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858)
- Cucurbita pepo var. barbarica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. bicolor Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 817 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo var. bombinina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. brasilica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. brayana Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. chrysobela Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. chrysothela Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo convar. citrullina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. clavata Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo convar. clypeata Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. condensa L.H.Bailey in Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 409 (1900)
- Cucurbita pepo var. coronalis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. courgero (Ser.) Tod. in Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858)
- Cucurbita pepo var. cyphechusa Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. diachroa Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. diachrysa Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. dimidiata Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. dinomela Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. diplacra Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. dochnahlii Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. draconina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. elongata Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 816 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo var. fibropulposa Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 5: 32 (1928)
- Cucurbita pepo f. flava M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. flogra Teppner in Phyton (Horn) 40: 35 (2000)
- Cucurbita pepo var. genevensis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. georgica Teppner in Phyton (Horn) 40: 35 (2000)
- Cucurbita pepo convar. giromontia Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 217 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo subsp. gumala Teppner in Phyton (Horn) 40: 34 (2000)
- Cucurbita pepo var. hassiaca Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. hispanica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. icterina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. italica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. kintogwa Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 8: 46 (1932)
- Cucurbita pepo var. larnacana Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. leucomela Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. leucotyrus Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. lutea Nois. in Man. Compl. Jard. 2: 363 (1825)
- Cucurbita pepo var. luteoalba Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. marginalis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. massiliensis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. medullosa Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. metzgeriana Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. mitriformis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo subvar. nigra Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo var. numidica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. oblonga M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. oriolina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. ovalis M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. pastalis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. patagonica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. persica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. phaeotaenia Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. phyllapion Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. polkii Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo convar. pomiformis (M.Roem.) Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. praecox Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 819 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo convar. pyriformis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. pyrula Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. pyxidaris Tod. in Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858)
- Cucurbita pepo var. radiata Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. rhenana Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. rotunda M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. schneebergeri Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. scutiformis Harz in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 90 (1869)
- Cucurbita pepo var. serinina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. sphaeroleuca Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. storkiana Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. sturnina Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. subrotunda M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. taenapion Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. taeniata Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. thelechusa Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. thelomedica Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. thelomela Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. toonas Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 170 (1908)
- Cucurbita pepo var. torticollis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. turonensis Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo var. valesiaca Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866)
- Cucurbita pepo subvar. viridis (Nois.) Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo f. viridis (Nois.) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846)
- Cucurbita pepo var. viridis Nois. in Man. Compl. Jard. 2: 363 (1825)
- Cucurbita pepo var. vulgaris Harz in Landw. Samenk. 2: 818 (1885)
- Cucurbita pepo var. xanthapion Alef. in Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866)
- Cucurbita polymorpha Duchesne in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 152 (1786)
- Cucurbita pomiformis M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita pomiformis var. alba M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita pomiformis var. flava M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846)
- Cucurbita pyridaris Duchesne ex Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 11: 237 (1819)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 693 (1805)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris var. bicolor M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flava-major M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flava-minor M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flavostriata M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846)
- Cucurbita pyxidaris var. persica M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846)
- Cucurbita succado Nägeli ex Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 29 (1856)
- Cucurbita succedo Arn. in J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 278 (1841)
- Cucurbita tuberculosa Schrad. in Linnaea 10(Litt.): 70 (1836)
- Cucurbita urnigera Schrad. in Linnaea 10(Litt.): 110 (1836)
- Cucurbita variegata Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840)
- Cucurbita venosa Descourt. in Fl. Méd. Antilles 5: 79 (1827)
- Pepo aurantius (Willd.) Peterm. in Pflanzenreich: 438 (1838-1845)
- Pepo citrullus Sageret in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 311 (1826)
- Pepo clypeiformis Poit. in Jard. Bot. Paris: 246 (1816)
- Pepo oblongus Poit. in Jard. Bot. Paris: 246 (1816)
- Pepo potiron Sageret in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 311 (1826)
- Pepo vulgaris Moench in Methodus: 653 (1794)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- De Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2008). The edible Cucurbitaceae of Thailand and Malesia and the wild forms of the cultivated ones. Sandakania 17: 43-91.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Gong, L. et al. (2012). Genetic relationships and evolution in Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd) as revealed by simple sequence repeat polymorphisms. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 124: 875-891.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
- Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Cucurbitaceae: 1-152. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
- Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1988). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 9: 1-568. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- Rebnner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.
- Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
- Schischkin, B.K. & al. (eds.) (1954). Flora Turkmenii 6: 1-402. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
- Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Kit Tan (2013). New floristic records in the Balkans: 21. Phytologia Balcanica 19: 131-157.
- Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Woodroffe, C.D. (1985). Vegetation and flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu. Atoll Research Bulletin 283: 1-18.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
- Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2017). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: 1-434. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
- de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.B.E. (2010). Flora Malesiana 19: 1-342. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Species Profiles
- Andres, T. C. (1987). Cucurbita fraterna, the closest wild relative and progenitor of C. pepo. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10: 69–71.
- Boisset, C. (1997). Pumpkins & Squashes. The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York/Montreal.
- Chevallier, A. (1996). The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants. Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London.
- Goldman, A. (2004). The Compleat Squash: a Passionate Grower’s Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes and Gourds. Artisan, New York.
- Gong, L. et al. (2012). Genetic relationships and evolution in Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd) as revealed by simple sequence repeat polymorphisms. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 124: 875–891.
- Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Nayar, N. M. & More, T. A. (eds) (1998). Cucurbits. Science Publishers, Inc., USA.
- Robinson, R. W. & Decker-Walters, D. S. (1997). Cucurbits. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
- Whitaker, T. W. & Davis, G. N. (1962). Cucurbits: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization. Interscience Publishers Inc., New York.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
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Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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16144.000 | No | ||||
Horrill, A.D. | 28638.000 | No | |||
29047.294 | No | ||||
Jeffrey, C. [342] | 8096.000 | No | |||
Jeffrey, C. [340] | 8097.000 | No | |||
Jeffrey, C. [337] | 8098.000 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6722] | K001124671 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6722] | K001124669 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6722] | K001124670 | Yes |
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