Taxon: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Genus: Cucurbita
Family: Cucurbitaceae.
Nomen number: 12601.
Place of publication: Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819).
Comments: for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000.
Name verified on: 29-Jun-2000 by Systematic Botany Laboratory.
Last updated: 02-Mar-2006.
Species priority site is: Plant Gene Resources of Canada (
PGRC).
2 accessions (by
country).
Common names:
- butternut squash (Source: Econ Bot 44:63. 1990)
- calabaza pumpkin (Source: Prog Cucurb Genet Br)
- cheese pumpkin (Source: Gent Herb 2:105.1929)
- golden cushaw (Source: Econ Bot 44:63. 1990)
- pumpkin (Source: World Econ Pl
)
- squash (Source: World Econ Pl
)
- winter crookneck squash (Source: Econ Bot 4:61. 1950)
- citrouille (Source: Dict Rehm
) [French]
- courge musquée (Source: L PlCulCNames
) [French]
- pâtisson (Source: Pl GR Newsl
) [French]
- Moschuskürbis (Source: Dict Rehm
) [German]
- halva kaddu (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
- red gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
- spanish gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
- squash gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
- abóbora-rasteira (Source: Dict Rehm
) [Portuguese]
- ayote (Source: Dict Rehm
) [Spanish]
- calabaza moscada (Source: Dict Rehm
) [Spanish]
- calabaza pellejo (Source: F NGalicia
) [Spanish]
- chicamita (Source: F NGalicia
) [Spanish]
- lacayote (Source: Names Soukup
) [Spanish]
- sequaloa (Source: F NGalicia
) [Spanish]
- See MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts.
Economic importance:
- Human food: fruit (used as vegetable fide Food Feed Crops US; Hamdard 38:96. 1995)
- Medicines: folklore (fide Hamdard 38:96. 1995)
Distributional range:
Native:
- Asia-Temperate: Azerbaijan; Uzbekistan
- Europe: Russian Federation - Leningrad
Other:
References:
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1992. Association of Official Seed Analysts Handbook 25. (AOSA Hb 25)
reftitle = :Canadian journal of botany. Ottawa.: abbr = :Can J Bot: - D. S. Decker-Walters et al.
1990. Genealogy and gene flow among annual domesticated species of Cucurbita.
In: Canad. J. Bot.
68:783.
reftitle = :Cultivated flora of USSR.: abbr = :CultF USSR: - Fursa & Filov.
1982. Cultivated flora of USSR. (CultF USSR)
21:189.
reftitle = :Economic botany; devoted to applied botany and plant utilization. Lancaster, PA.: abbr = :Econ Bot: - M. Nee.
1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae).
In: Econ. Bot.
44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
reftitle = :Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello: abbr = :Esp Veg Prom: - Secretaria Ejecutiva del Convenio Andres Bello.
Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello (Esp Veg Prom)
6:252-264.
reftitle = :Flora Novo-Galiciana.: abbr = :F NGalicia: - R. McVaugh.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
reftitle = :Flora of Panama.: abbr = :F Panama: - R. E. Woodson & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
reftitle = :Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.: abbr = :Food Feed Crops US: - G. M. Markle et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
reftitle = :Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis.: abbr = :Herbal Drugs: - N. G. Bisset, ed.
1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. (Herbal Drugs)
[mentions].
reftitle = :International Seed Testing Association list of stabilized plant names.: abbr = :ISTA: - International Seed Testing Association.
1988. International Seed Testing Association list of stabilized plant names. (ISTA)
reftitle = :Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.: abbr = :Dict Rehm: - S. Rehm.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
reftitle = :Plant genetic resources newsletter. Rome.: abbr = :Pl GR Newsl: - Nuez, F. et al.
1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador.
In: Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett.
96:29-33.
reftitle = :Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND).: abbr = :Pl Names: - M. H. Porcher et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). (Pl Names)
reftitle = :Taxon; official news bulletin of the international society for plant taxonomy. Utrecht.: abbr = :Taxon: - H. S. Paris.
2000. First two publications by Duchesne of Cucurbita moschata (Cucurbitaceae).
In: Taxon
49:303-317. [regarding authorship].
reftitle = :World economic plants: a standard reference.: abbr = :World Econ Pl: - J. H. Wiersema & B. León.
1999. World economic plants: a standard reference. (World Econ Pl)
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