Taxon: Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov

See other conspecific taxa:

• Cucurbita maxima (829 accessions)
• Cucurbita maxima subsp. maxima (91 accessions)

Common names:

• zapallito amargo   (Source: Syst Ecogeogr Stud ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of maxima pumpkin/squash   (based on crosses with cultivated Cucurbita maxima fide J Heredity 42:65. 1951)
  
• Gene sources: probable progenitor of maxima pumpkin/squash   (fide Econ Bot 44(suppl. 3):59. 1990)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of moschata pumpkin/squash   (based on mostly sterile hybrids with Cucurbita moschata fide Syst Ecogeogr Stud 9:26, 31. 1995)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of pepo pumpkin/squash   (based on mostly sterile hybrids with Cucurbita pepo fide Syst Ecogeogr Stud 9:26, 31. 1995)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of cushaw   (based on sterile hybrids with Cucurbita argyrosperma fide Syst Ecogeogr Stud 9:24, 31. 1995)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of fig-leaf gourd   (based on sterile hybrids with Cucurbita ficifolia fide Syst Ecogeogr Stud 9:25. 1995)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires [c. & n.], Cordoba, Entre Rios, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Luis, Santiago del Estero; Uruguay - Soriano

References:

• Ferriol, M. & B. Picó. 2008. Pumpkin and winter squash. In: Prohens, J. & F. Nuez, eds., Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables I. 1:317–349.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:31, 71–72.
• Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58. [lists under C. maxima Lam.].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• 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. [as Cucurbita andreana].
• Whitaker, T. W. & W. P. Bemis. 1964. Evolution in the genus Cucurbita. Evolution 18:553–559. [as Cucurbita andreana].
• Whitaker, T. W. 1951. A species cross in Cucurbita. J. Heredity 42:65–69. [as Cucurbita andreana].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cucurbita andreana Naudin (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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