Cucurbita

Cucurbita ficifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Cucurbiteae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species: C. argyrosperma – C. cordata – C. cylindrata – C. digitata – C. ecuadorensis – C. ficifolia – C. foetidissima – C. galeottii – C. lundelliana – C. maxima – C. melopepo – C. moschata – C. okeechobeensis – C. palmata – C. pedatifolia – C. pepo – C. radicans
Nothospecies: C. × scabridifolia

Name

Cucurbita L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1010 (1753).

Typus: Cucurbita pepo L.

Synonyms

Mellouia Gasp., in?
Melopepo Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
Ozodycus Raf., Atlantic J. 145. 1832
Pepo Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
Pileocalyx Gasp., Rendic. Acc. Sc. Nap. 4: 409. 1847.
Tristemon Scheele, Linnaea 21: 586. 1848, nom. illeg. non Raf. (1819).
Sphenantha Schrad. (1838).

Homonym

Cucurbita Jablonský, 1973, Chromista

Notes:

Sphenantha Schrad. (and the species Sphenantha scabra Schrad.) is often regarded as synonymous to Cucurbita, but according to McVaugh & Anderson (1983) is not a representative of the Cucurbitaceae. The position of Sphenantha scandens Steud. is also unclear.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1010–1011.

Additional references

McVaugh, R. & Anderson, W.R. 1983. Flora Novo-Galiciana.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cucurbita. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cucurbita. Published online. Accessed Dec 27 2019.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucurbita in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27.

Tropicos.org 2019. Cucurbita . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucurbita in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 10 February 2009.

Vernacular names

български: Тиква
বাংলা: কুমড়া
Deutsch: Kürbisse
English: Squash
suomi: Kurpitsat
Nordfriisk: Kürbisen
français: Courge
magyar: Tök
italiano: Zucca
한국어: 호박속
latviešu: Ķirbji
Nederlands: Pompoen
norsk: Gresskar
polski: Dynia
português: Abóbora
русский: Тыква
svenska: Pumpasläktet
Türkçe: Kabak
中文: 南瓜属

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