Cucurbita ficifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Cucurbiteae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species: Cucurbita ficifolia

Name

Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh. Ver. Gartenb. Berlin 12: 205 (1837).

Synonyms

Cucurbita melanosperma A.Braun
Cucurbita mexicana Dammann
Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton

Homonyms

Cucurbita ficifolia Wall. = Trichosanthes himalensis Clarke

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico not known in the wild, origin probably South America, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Bouché, P.C. 1837. Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 12: 205.

Additional references

Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998-). IPK Gatersleben. 2010 Nov 11 [1].

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cucurbita ficifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cucurbita ficifolia. Published online. Accessed: Dec 27 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucurbita ficifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cucurbita ficifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Feigenblatt-Kürbis
English: Fig-leaved Gourd, Shark Fin Melon, Siam Squash, Black-seeded Squash
español: Cayote, Alcayota, Cidra, Chilacayote, Chiverre, Sambo
suomi: Viikunakurpitsa
français: Courge de Siam, Melon de Malabar, Courge à Feuille de Figuier, Courge à Graines Noires
magyar: Fügelevelű tök
italiano: Zucca Siamese
Nāhuatl: cayutli
Nederlands: Vijgenbladpompoen
polski: Dynia Figolistna
vèneto: Suca semeze

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