Cucurbita foetidissima (Buffalo Gourd)

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Buffalo gourd. <em>Cucurbita foetidissima</em>

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Buffalo Gourd, Buffalogourd Pumpkin, Calabazilla, Chilicote, Missouri Gourd, Mock-Orange, Prairie Gourd, Wild Gourd, Wild Pumkin

Common Names in Japanese:

Kukurubita Foetisishima

Common Names in Spanish:

Calabacilla Amarga, Calabazilla, Chilicote

Description

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Family Cucurbitaceae

The Cucurbitaceae are mostly prostrate or climbing herbaceous annuals comprising about 90 genera and 700 species that are further characterized by commonly having 5-angled stems and coiled tendrils . The leaves are alternate and usually palmately 5-lobed or divided ; stipules are absent. The flowers are actinomorphic and nearly always unisexual . The perianth has a short to prolonged epigynous zone that bears a calyx of 3-6 segments or lobes and 3-6 petals or more frequently a 3-6-lobed sympetalous corolla. The androecium is highly variable, consisting of basically 5 distinct to completely connate stamens that frequently are twisted, folded or reduced in number. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2-5 carpels, generally with one style and as many style branches or major stigma lobes as carpels, and an inferior ovary with one locule and usually numerous ovules on 2-5 parietal placentae or 3 locules with numerous ovules on axile placentae. The fruit is a type of berry called a pepo . -- Gerald Carr.

Genus Cucurbita

Annual or perennial herbs. Stem angular, hispid or hairy . Tendrils branched, mostly 2-4-fid. Leaves petiolate , ovate , generally 5-lobed, base cordate, hirsute or scabrescent. Flowers large, yellow, solitary; monoecious. Male flowers rarely fascicled. Calyx campanulate , lobes 5, subulate , spathulate or leafy. Corolla campanulate, shallowly 5-lobed, lobes usually recurved. Stamens 3, inserted low on the calyx tube. Filaments free , anthers linear and connate , one monothecous and two dithecous; connectives not produced . Pistillode absent. Female flowers shortly pedunculate . Ovary oblong , style simple , short, stigmas 3(5), papillose , ovules many, horizontal. Fruit fleshy , indehiscent, many-seeded. Seeds ovate or oblong, smooth , marginate or emarginate .

A genus of about 20 species, 15 are American, while 5 species are cultivated throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Represented in Pakistan by 2 cultivated species.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Vine , Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: gold, yellow-orange

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 24-36" tall.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Violanae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Cucurbitales () - Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Cucurbitaceae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons. - citrouilles, gourdes, gourds, squashes
        Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae ()
        Tribe: Cucurbiteae ()
        Genus: Cucurbita () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Gourd
        Specific epithet: foetidissima - Kunth
        Botanical name: - Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Synonyms

Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britt.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

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Members of the genus Cucurbita

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 1, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Utah Valley State College
, Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2648167
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-22368
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741762
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292371-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 12590
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 22368
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 72092-2
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCUC0A020
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PEFO4
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 33469

Footnotes

S. Nazimuddin and S. Shaharyar H. Haqvi "Cucurbita". in Flora of Pakistan Page 48. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

Cucurbita foetidissima

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Cucurbitaceae

Genus Cucurbita

Physical Description

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Biology

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Growth

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Notes

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Members of the genus Cucurbita

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