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Details for: PI 442193,
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
188
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
22 October 1979.
Mexico
Locality:
Carratera 57, near Soledad Diez Gutierrez, 2.5km N of traffi c circle
Donated
01 November 1979.
Florida, United States
Donor(s):
Knight, Jr., Robert J., USDA, ARS
Whitaker, T.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Fruits round, hard-shelled, dark green with light green stripes, light green at maturity, 6cm long, 6cm diam. Local name Calabacilla silvestre.
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12590
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:98[folio]; 2:123[quarto]. 1817
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58728899
Verified:
02/17/2005
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
buffalo gourd
1
Gathman, A. C. & W. P. Bemis.
1990. Domestication of buffalo gourd,
Cucurbita foetidissima
. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 335-348.
English
Missouri gourd
1
Steyermark, J. A.
1977. Flora of Missouri.
English
prairie gourd
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German
Prärie-Kürbis
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Spanish
calabacilla amarga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
calabazilla
2
Munz, P. A.
1974. A flora of southern California.
Spanish
chilicote
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
bisonpumpa
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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