Cucurbita ficifolia

Cucurbita ficifolia

Taxonavigation edit

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: Cucurbita ficifolia

Name edit

Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh. Ver. Gartenb. Berlin 12: 205 (1837).

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Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • not known in the wild, origin probably South America, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Additional references edit

  • Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998-). IPK Gatersleben. 2010 Nov 11 [1].

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Vernacular names edit

Deutsch: Feigenblatt-Kürbis
English: Fig-leaved Gourd, Shark Fin Melon, Siam Squash, Black-seeded Squash
español: Cayote, Alcayota, Cidra, Chilacayote, Chiverre, Sambo
suomi: Viikunakurpitsa
français: Courge de Siam, Melon de Malabar, Courge à Feuille de Figuier, Courge à Graines Noires
magyar: Fügelevelű tök
italiano: Zucca Siamese
Nāhuatl: cayutli
Nederlands: Vijgenbladpompoen
polski: Dynia Figolistna
vèneto: Suca semeze
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