familyCucurbitaceae
genusCucurbita
speciesCucurbita melopepo
subspeciesCucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo
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Cucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 55.
Pepos solid or striped, multiple colors, including yellow and orange, rind smooth, ribbed, or warty, flesh not bitter (except for some ornamental gourd cultivars). Seeds germinating within 3–15 days, depending on cultivar.
Distribution
North America, and cultivated nearly worldwide
Discussion
Variety 1
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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glabrous +
absent +
pustulate +
cordate +
white-spotted +
broadly ovate-cordate;triangular-cordate or suborbiculate +
5cm;17cm +
adnate +
oblong +
narrow +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
ribbed +
absent +
unisexual +
cultivated +
5-ribbed +
stipitate;peltate +
scattered +
bushy +
perennial +
umbellate;subumbellate +
alternate +
ovate-deltate;obovate or obovate-rhombic +
scattered +
raised-thickened +
elongate-whitened +
pubescent +
expanded +
solid +
ribbed +
multiple +
not bitter +
connate +
stipitate-glandular;hispidulous;hirsutulous +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
tuberous +
fibrous +
fibrous +
germinating +
7mm;15mm +
connate +
vestigial +
subulate-linear;lanceolate +
Illustrated +
connate +
rooting +
trailing +
eglandular +
Cucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo +
Cucurbita melopepo +
subspecies +
absent +
connate +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
monoecious +