Genus: Cucurbita L.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

• Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796. [conservation considered unnecessary].
  
• Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:611–612. [conservation proposal recommended].
  
• Jarvis, C. E. 1991. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:552–583. [subcommittee on Linnaean generic names proposal for conservation].
  
• Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicas y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:1–115.
  
• Nicolson, D. H. 1999. Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48:373–374. [action on Linnaean generic names deferred].
  
• Sanjur, O. I. et al. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:535–540.
  
• Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:122–138.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Mellouia Gasp.
• (= ) Melopepo Mill.
• (= ) Ozodycus Raf.
• (= ) Pepo Mill.
• (= ) Pileocalyx Gasp.
• (= ) Sphenantha Schrad.
• (= ) Tristemon Scheele

Check other nomenclature databases for Cucurbita:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Forestry Images (Cucurbita pepo): from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed (Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cucurbita digitata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cucurbita foetidissima): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cucurbita pepo var. texana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits (Cucurbita maxima): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Seeds or fruits (Cucurbita moschata): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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