Cucurbita Cucurbita

Cucurbita - Definition and Overview

Cucurbita

Yellow Squash
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Cucurbitales
Family:Cucurbitaceae
Genus:Cucurbita
Species

C. digitata - fingerleaf gourd
C. ficifolia - figleaf gourd
C. foetidissima - wild gourd, wild pumpkin
C. maxima - winter squash, pumpkin
C. mixta - pumpkin
C. moschata - crookneck squash
C. okeechobeensis
C. palmata
C. pepo - vegetable marrow, field pumpkin

 References:

ITIS 22365 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=22365) 2002-11-06


Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. It includes the squashes, pumpkins and marrows, but also includes some species grown only as gourds.

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