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Table 2.A1.1. List of taxonomic names of various Cucurbita (cont.)

Names used preferentially in

text Synonyms

Associated names

found in literature Varietal names in text

C. moschata Duchesne C. moschata var. argyrosperma

C. moschata var. columbiana

C. moschata var. meloniformis

C. moschata f. yokohamana

Butternut squash

Golden cushaw

C. okeechobeensis (Small)

L.H. Bailey

C. okeechobeensis ssp.

martinezii (L.H. Bailey)

T.C. Andres & G.P. Nabhan

C. okeechobeensis ssp.

martinezii

C. martinezii

C. pedatifolia L.H. Bailey C. moorei C. moorei

C. pepo L.

C. pepo ssp. ovifera (L.)

D.S. Decker

C. pepo ssp. pepo

C. pepo ssp. ovifera

var. texana (Scheele)

D.S. Decker

C. pepo ssp. ovifera var.

ozarkana D.S. Decker

C. pepo var. akoda

C. pepo var. americana

C. pepo var. condensa

C. pepo var. fibropulposa

C. pepo var. flogra

C. pepo ssp. fraterna

C. pepo var. georgica

C. pepo ssp. gumala

C. pepo var. kintogwa

C. pepo var. maxima

C. pepo var. medullosa

C. pepo var. melopepo

C. pepo var. moschata

C. pepo var. ovifera

C. pepo var. ozarkana

C. pepo var. texana

C. pepo var. sororia

C. pepo ssp. texana

C. pepo var. toonas

C. pepo var. torticollis

C. fraterna

C. texana

C. pepo L. var. cylindrica

C. pepo L. var. clypeata

C. pepo L. var. fastigata

C. pepo L. var. longa

C. pepo L. var. recticollis

C. pepo L. var. turbinata

Black zucchini

Fordhook bush

Connecticutt field

Table queen

Cherokee roaster

Orange ball

Miniature ball

Striped pear

C. radicans C. gracilior

Source: Adapted from “The Plant List” (2011).

References

Nee, M. (1990), “The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)”, Economic Botany, Vol. 44,

No. 3, pp. 56-58, July.

The Plant List (2011), A working list of all known plant species created through a collaboration

between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic Gardens, http://www.theplantlist.org

(accessed October 2011).

USDA-ARS (n.d.), Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), United States

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, http://www.ars-grin.gov (accessed

October 2011).