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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cucurbita

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cucurbita

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Cucurbitanae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.       Ordo  Cucurbitales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Cucurbitineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 190. Mai 1898.       Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon       Subfamilia  Cucurbitoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 722. Jan-Jun 1833.       Tribus  Cucurbiteae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 54. 1827.       Subtribus  Cucurbitinae E.G.O. M�ll. & Pax in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 5: 10, 32. Jun 1889.       Genus  Cucurbita L. pub. (1753) common name: gourd

Named members of the Genus Cucurbita

1	Species  andreana Naudin syn. Cupressus macnabiana
2	Species  californica Torr. ex S. Wats. syn. Cucurbita palmata
3	Species  digitata Gray common name: fingerleaf gourd
4	Species  ficifolia Bouche common name: figleaf gourd
5	Species  foetidissima Kunth common name: Missouri gourd, calabazilla, wild gourd
6	Species  lagenaria L. syn. Lagenaria siceraria
7	Species  maxima Duchesne
	8    Varietas  turbaniformis Alef. syn. Cupressus macnabiana
9	Species  mixta Pang. common name: pumpkin
10	Species  moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. common name: crookneck squash
11	Species  okeechobeensis (Small) Bailey common name: Okeechobee gourd
12	Species  ovifera L. syn. Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera
13	Species  palmata S. Wats. common name: coyote gourd
14	Species  pepo L. common name: pumpkin, spaghetti squash, Manchurian squash, vegetable spaghetti
	15    Varietas  condensa Bailey syn. Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo 16    Varietas  melopepo (L.) Alef. common name: field pumpkin 17    Varietas  ovifera (L.) Alef. common name: field pumpkin 18    Varietas  ozarkana B. D. Sm. & C. W. Cowan common name: Ozark melon 19    Varietas  pepo common name: field pumpkin, Lady Godiva pumpkin    20    Varietas  texana (Scheele) D. Decker common name: Texas gourd
21	Species  siceraria Molina syn. Lagenaria siceraria
22	Species  texana Scheele syn. Cucurbita pepo var. texana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.