Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

12607

Place of publication:

Landw. Samenk. 2:819. 1885 (L. H. Bailey, Stand. cycl. hort. 1:910. 1930)

Comment:

[or Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups]
probably not the oldest varietal name
Alefeld (Landw. Fl. 222. 1866) published this as a "var.-gr.", which is not the rank of variety

Verified:

05/15/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Cucurbita pepo L. (0 active accession[s])
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. 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

Basionym

Cucurbita ovifera L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. melopepo (L.) Harz
Cucurbita pepo L. var. patisson Filov, nom. nud.

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Reference(s)

Andres, T. C. & H. B. Tukey, Jr. 1995. Complexities in the infraspecific nomenclature of the Cucurbita pepo complex. Acta Hort. 413:76.
Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:95.
Decker, D. S. & H. D. Wilson. 1986. Numerical analysis of seed morphology in Cucurbita pepo. Syst. Bot. 11:596. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Gong, L. et al. 2012. Genetic relationships and evolution in Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd) as revealed by simple sequence repeat polymorphisms. Theor. Appl. Genet. 124:857-891. Note: = Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Kates, H. R. et al. 2017. Evolutionary and domestication history of Cucurbita (pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:98-109.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):61.
Paris, H. S. 1986. A proposed subspecific classification for Cucurbita pepo. Phytologia 61:135.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Wilson, H. D. 1999. Free-living Cucurbita pepo in the United States: Viral Resistance, Gene Flow, and Risk Assessment. Web Report for USDA-APHIS

Common names

English
acorn squash –
fordhook squash –
ornamental gourd –
pattypan squash –
scallop squash –
straightneck squash –
summer crookneck squash –
table queen squash –
Japanese Rōmaji
kazari-kabocha –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated					only cult.

Cultivated (only cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	fruits grown for ornament	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Human food	fruit	fruits used like a vegetable	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.

Taxon: Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups)