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Taxon:  Cucurbita pepo L.



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12606
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Verified:
02/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bitter bottle gourd –
bush squash –
marrow –
pumpkin –
squash –
French
citrouille –
courge pepon –
German
Gemüse-Kürbis –
Italian
zucchino –
Spanish (Mexico)
calabaza –
Swedish
pumpa –
Transcribed Chinese
xi hu lu –
Urdu (Pakistan)
ghia kaddu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouris.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoman.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo León 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisianan.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinoiss.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri (s.), Oklahoma (n.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Louisiana (n.e.), Mississippi]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12606. Accessed 25 April 2025.