Cucurbita foetidissima

Cucurbita foetidissima

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 foetidissima

Name

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 123 1817.

Synonyms

• Cucumis foetidissimus Hemsl.
• Cucumis perennis E. James
• Cucurbita perennis A. Gray
• Ozodycus perennis Rafin.
• Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britt.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.  2:98[folio]; 2:123[quarto].

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cucurbita foetidissima. 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 foetidissima. Published online. Accessed: Dec 27 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cucurbita foetidissima 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 foetidissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cucurbita foetidissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: buffalo gourd, calabazilla, chilicote, coyote gourd, fetid gourd, Missouri gourd, stinking gourd, wild gourd, wild pumpkin

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