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, however, see Govaerts et al.(2021) & Hassler (2021).

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.
• Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2010. Cucurbitaceae. In Flowering Plants. Eudicots (pp. 112-174). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. ResearchGate

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucurbita. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27. Reference page. 
• 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cucurbita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucurbita in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 10 February 2009.

Vernacular names

български: Тиква
বাংলা: কুমড়া
Deutsch: Kürbisse
Ελληνικά: Κολοκύνθη, κολοκυθιά
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
vèneto: Sucara
中文: 南瓜属

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