Details for: PI 604505, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, KENTUCKY FIELD


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Top Name:
KENTUCKY FIELD
Origin:
Donated – Pennsylvania, United States
Received by NPGS:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Top Name:
KENTUCKY FIELD
Origin:
Donated – Pennsylvania, United States
Received by NPGS:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
1961.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
KENTUCKY FIELD
Type: Unverified name

Narrative
Info. from Asgrow cat. No. 19 (1957) -- (NSSL application shows notation of "obsolete"). Length in inches - 10-18. Dia. in inches - 13. 120 days. Widely used for canning and suitable for stock feed. Fruits variable in shape, but usually deeper than they are wide, tapered at ends, 10-15 lb. Rind smooth, dull orange-yellow, distinctly sutured, thin, hard. Flesh thick, coarse, deep yellow, sweet.
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12601
Place of publication:

Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Duchesne

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbutternut pumpkin  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbutternut squash  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
Englishcalabaza pumpkin  1Andres, T. C. 2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): a review of infraspecific classifications. In: Lebeda, A. & H. S. Paris, eds., Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
Englishcheese pumpkin  1Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
Englishgolden cushaw  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwinter crookneck squash  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English (Pakistan)red gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)Spanish gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)squash gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Frenchcitrouille  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchcourge musquée  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Frenchpâtisson  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
GermanBisam-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
GermanMoschuskürbis  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianzucca torta  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajikikuza-kabocha  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portugueseabóbora-rasteira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishauyama  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanishayote  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabaza moscada  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabaza pellejo  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishchicamita  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishlacayote  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanishsequaloa  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishzapallo  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanish (Peru)loche  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Transcribed Chinesenan gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanhobag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Urdu (Pakistan)halva kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
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Citations
  • Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek . 2023. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814. Note: Supplementary material: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 1661
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHGROWTH HABITGROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT2 - VINE S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT UNIFORMITYPLANT UNIFORMITY7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT VIGORPLANT VIGOR9 - EXCELLENT S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS38 S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT WIDTH (DIAMETER) IN CENTIMETERS22 S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR4 - GRAY STRIPED S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORFLESH COLOR5 - DARK ORANGE S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH DEPTHFLESH DEPTH MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SPOTTINGFRUIT SPOTTING1 - SLIGHT S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION5 - MIDSEASON S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
PRODUCTIONFRUIT SETFRUIT SET7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available
PRODUCTIONFRUIT WEIGHTFRUIT WEIGHT MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS8 S9.CUCURBITA.98 Not Available