Species of flowering plant that yields varieties of squash and pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
Assorted cultivars, from top-left, clockwise: pattypan squash, yellow summer squash, a large zucchini (or marrow), and pumpkins
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Cucurbitales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Genus:
Cucurbita
Species:
C. pepo
Binomial name
Cucurbita pepo
L.
Synonyms[2]
Citrullus variegatus Schrad. ex M.Roem.
Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort.
Cucumis zapallo Steud.
Cucurbita aurantia Willd.
Cucurbita ceratoceras Haberle ex Mart.
Cucurbita clodiensis Nocca
Cucurbita courgero Ser.
Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad.
Cucurbita esculenta Gray
Cucurbita fastuosa Salisb.
Cucurbita grisea M.Roem.
Cucurbita hybrida Bertol. ex Naudin
Cucurbita lignosa Mill.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina
Cucurbita mammosa J.F.Gmel.
Cucurbita marsupiiformis Haberle ex M.Roem. [Invalid]
Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita oblonga Link
Cucurbita polymorpha Duchesne
Cucurbita pomiformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita pyridaris Duchesne ex Poir.
Cucurbita pyxidaris DC.
Cucurbita subverrucosa Willd.
Cucurbita succado Nägeli ex Naudin
Cucurbita succedo Arn.
Cucurbita tuberculosa Schrad.
Cucurbita urnigera Schrad.
Cucurbita variegata Steud.
Cucurbita venosa Descourt.
Cucurbita verrucosa L.
Pepo citrullus Sageret
Pepo potiron Sageret
Pepo vulgaris Moench
Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash.[3]
It has been domesticated in the Americas for thousands of years.[4] Some authors maintain that C. pepo is derived from C. texana, while others suggest that C. texana is merely feral C. pepo.[5] They have a wide variety of uses, especially as a food source and for medical conditions. C. pepo seems more closely related to C. fraterna, though disagreements exist about the exact nature of that connection, too.[6]
It is a host species for the melonworm moth, the squash vine borer, and the pickleworm. They are also the preferred pollen for squash bees.
^Castellanos Morales, G., Sánchez de la Vega, G., Aragón Cuevas, F., Contreras, A. & Lira Saade, R. 2019. Cucurbita pepo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T20742885A20755901. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20742885A20755901.en. Downloaded on 25 October 2021.
^The Plant List, Cucurbita pepo
^"Cucurbita pepo L. field pumpkin". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
^"Cucurbits". Purdue University. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
^Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany. 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants). New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press: 56–68. doi:10.1007/BF02860475. JSTOR 4255271. S2CID 40493539.
^Decker-Walters, Deena S.; Staub, Jack E.; Chung, Sang-Min; Nakata, Eijiro; Quemada, Hector D. (2002). "Diversity in Free-Living Populations of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) as Assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA". Systematic Botany. 27 (1). American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 19–28. JSTOR 3093892.
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