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July 2018

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genus

Cucurbita L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1010 1753  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010008.

Synonyms of Cucurbita

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pepo Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. (28 Jan 1754) wfo-4000028688

Species in Cucurbita ( showing species 1 to 10 of 19)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cucurbita andreana Naudin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 68: 542 (1896) wfo-0000629027
Cucurbita argyrosperma C.Huber Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1867(Cat. Graines): 8 (1867) wfo-0000629031
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita argyrosperma var. callicarpa Merrick & D.M.Bates Baileya wfo-0000629032
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita argyrosperma var. palmeri (L.H.Bailey) Merrick & D.M.Bates Baileya wfo-0000629033
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. sororia (L.H.Bailey) Merrick & D.M.Bates Baileya wfo-0000629034
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita argyrosperma var. stenosperma (Pangalo) Merrick & D.M.Bates Baileya wfo-0000629035
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita cyanoperizona (Pangalo) Bukasov Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629056
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita kellyana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herb. wfo-0000629082
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita mixta Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629106
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita mixta var. cyanoperizona Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629107
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita mixta var. stenosperma Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629108
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita palmeri L.H.Bailey Gentes Herb. wfo-0000629121
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita pepo var. sororia (L.H.Bailey) Filov Fl. Cult. Pl. wfo-0000629137
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita sororia L.H.Bailey Gentes Herb. wfo-0000629163
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita stenosperma (Pangalo) Bukasov Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629164
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita moschata var. argyrosperma (C.Huber) Naudin Rev. Hort. wfo-0000739673
Cucurbita cordata S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 50 (1889) wfo-0000629053
Cucurbita cylindrata L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 6: 304 (1943) wfo-0000629057
Cucurbita digitata A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 60 (1853) wfo-0000629058
Cucurbita ecuadorensis H.C.Cutler & Whitaker Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 392 (1969) wfo-0000629060
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 205 (1837) wfo-0000629069
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita ficifolia f. melanosperma (A.Braun ex Gasp.) Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000629070
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita melanosperma A.Braun ex Gasp. Rendiconto Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. wfo-0000629100
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita mexicana Dammann Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew wfo-0000629103
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita ficifolia f. leucosperma Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot. wfo-0000739669
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita ficifolia var. mexicana G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. wfo-0000739670
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pepo malabaricus Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) wfo-0001277037
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 123 (1817) wfo-0000629071
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucumis foetidissimus Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. wfo-0000628871
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucumis perennis E.James Account Exped. Pittsburgh wfo-0000628962
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita perennis A.Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. wfo-0000629142
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ozodycus perennis (E. James) Raf. Atlantic J. wfo-0001277034
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita foetidissima var. foetidissima wfo-0001277063
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britton Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 2) wfo-0001301231
Cucurbita fraterna L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 6: 288 (1943) wfo-0000629072
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita melopepo var. fraterna (L.H. Bailey) G.L. Nesom Phytoneuron wfo-0001040319
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cucurbita pepo var. fraterna (L.H. Bailey) Filov Fl. Cult. Pl. USSR wfo-0001277038
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 551 (1881) wfo-0000629073

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cucurbita:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cucurbita argyrosperma K. Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0001277340
Cucurbita bononiensis All. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000629039
Cucurbita cerifera Fisch. ex Savi Bibliot. Ital. Giorn. Lett. wfo-0000629045
Cucurbita coccinea G.Don Gen. Hist. wfo-0000629049
Cucurbita colocyntha Link Handbuch wfo-0000629050
Cucurbita evodicarpa Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr. wfo-0000629064
Cucurbita exanthematica Fenzl ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. wfo-0000629065
Cucurbita hieroglyphica Rosenthal Syn. Pl. Diaph. wfo-0000629077
Cucurbita melopepo subsp. texana (Scheele) G.L. Nesom Phytoneuron wfo-0001040320
Cucurbita paradoxa Bouché Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000743664