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December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Cucurbita L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1010 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010008.

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Synonyms of Cucurbita

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Ozodycus	Raf.	Atlantic J. 145. 1832.	wfo-4000027617
Pepo	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754); Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 3: 434 (1913).	wfo-4000028688
Pileocalyx	Gasp.	in Rendic. Acc. Sc. Nap. vi. (1847) 409.	wfo-4000029667
Sphenantha	Schrad.	Linnaea 12: 416. 1838.	wfo-4000036031
Melopepo	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754)	wfo-4000043725

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cucurbita:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Cucurbita argyrosperma	K.Koch	Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 96. 1866	wfo-0001277340
Cucurbita asteroides	Schrad.	Linnaea 12(4): 407. 1838 [Apr-Sep 1838] , nomen.	wfo-0001351755
Cucurbita bononiensis	All. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 1: 244 (1821)	wfo-0000629039
Cucurbita camolenga	Buch.-Ham.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6718. 1832	wfo-0001351756
Cucurbita cerifera	Fisch.	Cat. Hort. Gorenk, ex Savi, in Bibliot. Ital. ix. (1818) 158.	wfo-0000629045
Cucurbita cucumifera	Schrad.	Linnaea 12(4): 407. 1838 [Apr-Sep 1838] , nomen.	wfo-0001351757
Cucurbita depressa	hort.	ex Vilmorins Blumeng., ed. 3 Sieb. & Voss, i. 347 (1894), in syn.	wfo-0001351758
Cucurbita hieroglyphica	Rosenth.	Syn. Pl. Diaph. : 683 (1862)	wfo-0000629077
Cucurbita maxima	Lam.	Encyclop?die M?thodique, Botanique 2 1786	wfo-0001349811
Cucurbita medullaris	Haberle ex M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 92, nomen. 1846 [Dec 1846]	wfo-0001351759
Cucurbita moschata var. barbarica	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 824. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398786
Cucurbita moschata var. macrocarpa	(Gasp.) Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 824. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398787
Cucurbita multiflora	Sol. ex G.Forst.	Fl. Ins. Austr. 92, nomen. 1786 [Oct-Nov 1786]	wfo-0001351760
Cucurbita paradoxa	Bouché	Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 204 (1837)	wfo-0000743664
Cucurbita pepo var. aurantia	(Willd.) Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 818. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398779
Cucurbita pepo var. barbarica	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 816. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398782
Cucurbita pepo var. italica	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 816. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398784
Cucurbita pepo var. larnacana	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 816. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398783
Cucurbita pepo var. melonaeformis	(Carrière) Makino	–	wfo-0001390871
Cucurbita pepo var. patagonica	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 815. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398785
Cucurbita pepo var. polki	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 817. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398781
Cucurbita pepo var. pyxidaris	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 819. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398776
Cucurbita pepo var. subverrucosa	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 819. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398777
Cucurbita pepo var. verrucosa	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 819 (818-819). 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398778
Cucurbita pepo var. viridis	Harz	Landw. Samenk. 2: 818. 1885 [Jan 1885]	wfo-0001398780
Cucurbita purpurea	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 11 (1790)	wfo-0000629149
Cucurbita pyrotheca	hort. ex Vilmorin	ex Vilmorins Blumeng., ed. 3 Sieb. & Voss, i. 348 (1894), in syn.	wfo-0001351761
Cucurbita sagittata	J.G.Klein ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840)	wfo-0000629156
Cucurbita simplex	DC. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840)	wfo-0000629162
Cucurbita spathularis	Schrad.	Linnaea 12(4): 406. 1838 [Apr-Sep 1838] , nomen.	wfo-0001351762
Cucurbita triangulata	Hochst. ex Cogn.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 532. 1881 [Jun 1881]	wfo-0001351763