Cucurbita

From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Cucurbiteae - tribe

• (genus): Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini) - type species; Cucurbita argyrosperma (cushaw pumpkin), Cucurbita cordata (coyote gourd), Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd), Cucurbita ecuadorensis, Cucurbita ficifolia (figleaf gourd or chilacayote), Cucurbita foetidissima (stinking gourd or buffalo gourd); Cucurbita lundelliana (bitter pumpkin), Cucurbita maxima (winter squash or pumpkin), Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma, syn. Cucurbita mixta (pipian or cushaw pumpkin); Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin); Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata (coyote gourd), Cucurbita pedatifolia, Cucurbita radicans (calabacilla or coyote gourd) - other species

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