familyCucurbitaceae
genusCucurbita
speciesCucurbita melopepo
subspeciesCucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo

Cucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo

[E]
Guy L. Nesom
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

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2n chromosome quantity
40 +
Anther-filament pubescence
glabrous +
Anther fusion
distinct +  and connate +
Author
Guy L. Nesom +
Authority
[E] +
Base presence
absent +
Base relief
pustulate +
Base shape
cordate +
Blade atypical length
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
Blade atypical width
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
Blade coloration
white-spotted +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Blade shape
broadly ovate-cordate;triangular-cordate or suborbiculate +
Blade width
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
Calyx fusion
adnate +
Calyx shape
tubular +, saucer--shaped +, campanulate +  and rotate +
Central body shape
oblong +
Connective size or width
narrow +
Corolla coloration
yellow +  and golden yellow or orange +
Corolla shape
tubular-campanulate +
Corolla some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Day quantity
3;15 +
Distribution
North America +  and and cultivated nearly worldwide +
Embryo course
straight +
Exocarp architecture
furrowed +  and echinate +
Exocarp architecture or shape
berrylike +
Exocarp dehiscence
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
Exocarp pubescence
bristly +, smooth +, hairy +  and glabrous +
Exocarp relief
tuberculate +  and muricate +
Exocarp shape
aculeate +
Exocarp texture
fleshy +  and hard +
Filament fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Flesh architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Flesh architecture or shape
ribbed +
Flesh coloration
orange +  and yellow +
Flesh pubescence or relief
warty +
Flesh taste
not +  and bitter +
Floral bract presence
absent +
Flower architecture
staminate +, from different axils than staminate +  and pistillate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Form condition
cultivated +
Fruit architecture or shape
5-ribbed +
Gland architecture
stipitate;peltate +
Gland arrangement
scattered +
Habit growth form
bushy +
Herb duration
perennial +
Herb reproduction
dioecious +  and monoecious +
Hypanthium shape
campanulate +
Hypanthium some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
umbellate;subumbellate +
Inflorescence arrangement
solitary +, corymbose +, fasciculate +, racemose +  and paniculate +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +, estipulate +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Lobe shape
ovate-deltate;obovate or obovate-rhombic +
Longer hair arrangement
scattered +
Margin architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
denticulate +  and serrate-denticulate +
Margin size or width
raised-thickened +
Margin texture
color +
Margin variability
not +  and differentiated +
Midvein coloration
elongate-whitened +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Ovary pubescence
pubescent +
Peduncle size
expanded +
Peduncle texture
woody +  and hardened +
Pepo architecture
solid +
Pepo architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Pepo architecture or shape
ribbed +
Pepo coloration
Colors (Striped) +
Pepo pubescence or relief
warty +
Pepo quantity
multiple +
Pepo shape
Depressed-globose (Ovoid obovoid ellipsoid-ovoid broadly ellipsoid slightly pyriform cushion-shaped or cylindric) +
Pepo some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Pepo taste
not bitter +
Petal arrangement
induplicate-valvate +  and imbricate +
Petal atypical quantity
5 (6) +
Petal atypical some measurement
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Petal coloration
yellow;orange +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal length
1/2 +
Petal pubescence
pubescent +  and puberulent +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal shape
broadly ovate;oblong-ovate oblongelliptic triangular triangular-ovate or lanceolate-ovate +
Petal some measurement
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Petiole atypical some measurement
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
Petiole pubescence
stipitate-glandular;hispidulous;hirsutulous +
Petiole some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root texture
fibrous +
Roots taproot texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture
arillate +  and winged +
Seed atypical some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
Seed coloration
whitish +  and cream or tawny +
Seed germination
germinating +
Seed shape
orbiculate +, elliptic +  and obovate +
Seed some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Sepal arrangement or course or shape
linear +  and subulate-linear +
Sepal atypical quantity
5 (6) +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal prominence
vestigial +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
subulate-linear;lanceolate +
Sepal some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Stamen fusion
connate +
Stamen quantity
3 +
Stem architecture
rooting +
Stem growth form
bushy +  and shrublike +
Stem growth form or orientation
sprawling +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
trailing +
Stem pubescence
densely puberulent;hirsutulous +
Stem some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
Surface architecture
eglandular +
Surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Surface pubescence
hispidulous +  and hirsutulous +
Taxon family
Cucurbitaceae +
Taxon name
Cucurbita melopepo subsp. melopepo +
Taxon parent
Cucurbita melopepo +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Tendril architecture
eglandular +  and 2-7-branched +
Tendril presence
absent +
Tendril pubescence
hirsutulous +  and pubescent +
Tendril some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Theca course
Sigmoid-flexuous (?) +
Theca fusion
connate +
Volume
Volume 6 +
Whole-organism architecture
exalbuminous +
Whole organism duration
annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism orientation
trailing +
Whole organism reproduction
monoecious +
X chromosome quantity
20 +