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Cucurbita
Cucurbita (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous vegetables in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi) native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five species are grown worldwide for their edible vegetable, variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd, depending on species, variety, and local parlance, and for their seeds. Other kinds of gourd, also called bottle-gourds, are native to Africa and belong to the genus Lagenaria, which is in the same...
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cucurbita pepo
complexCucurbita pepo
Buffalo Gourd
speciesCucurbita foetidissima
winter squash
speciesCucurbita maxima
coyote melon
speciesCucurbita palmata
fig-leafed gourd
speciesCucurbita ficifolia
finger-leaved gourd
speciesCucurbita digitata
Cucurbita cordata
speciesCucurbita cordata
wild giant squash
speciesCucurbita andreana
Pedate-leafed Gourd
speciesCucurbita pedatifolia
coyote gourd
speciesCucurbita radicans
Ecuadorian squash
speciesCucurbita ecuadorensis
Cucurbita lundelliana
speciesCucurbita lundelliana
Cucurbita × scabridifolia
hybridCucurbita × scabridifolia
Cucurbita cylindrata
speciesCucurbita cylindrata
Cucurbita galeottii
speciesCucurbita galeottii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.400
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.402
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.403
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.401
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.144
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.144
Garden of Health
1507 · p.117
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.95
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.404
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.295
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.303
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.411
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55425.