familyCucurbitaceae
genusCucurbita
speciesCucurbita melopepo
subspeciesCucurbita melopepo subsp. texana
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Cucurbita melopepo subsp. texana
Phytoneuron 2011-13: 24. 2011.
Illustrated
Basionym: Tristemon texanus Scheele Linnaea 21: 586. 1848 (as texanum)
Synonyms: Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Scheele) Filov
Pepos solid ivory or green-and-white-striped but usually not yellow or orange, rind smooth, flesh almost always bitter. Seeds germinating within 1–7 days.
Distribution
c, sc North America
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Pepos usually green-and-white-striped, sometimes yellow; seed germination within 3–7 days | Cucurbita melopepo var. texana |
| 1 | Pepos usually solid ivory, sometimes green-and-white-striped; seed germination within 1–4 days | Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana |
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glabrous +
absent +
pustulate +
cordate +
white-spotted +
broadly ovate-cordate;triangular-cordate or suborbiculate +
adnate +
oblong +
narrow +
tubular-campanulate +
1;7 +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
bitter +
absent +
unisexual +
cultivated +
5-ribbed +
stipitate;peltate +
scattered +
bushy +
perennial +
campanulate +
Present +
umbellate;subumbellate +
alternate +
ovate-deltate;obovate or obovate-rhombic +
scattered +
raised-thickened +
color +
elongate-whitened +
pubescent +
expanded +
ribbed +
yellow;orange +
connate +
1/2 +
broadly ovate;oblong-ovate oblongelliptic triangular triangular-ovate or lanceolate-ovate +
stipitate-glandular;hispidulous;hirsutulous +
Phytoneuron +
2011 +
tuberous +
fibrous +
fibrous +
germinating +
connate +
vestigial +
subulate-linear;lanceolate +
Illustrated +
connate +
rooting +
trailing +
densely puberulent;hirsutulous +
eglandular +
Cucurbita melopepo subsp. texana +
Cucurbita melopepo +
subspecies +
absent +
connate +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
monoecious +