PI 442203 GRIN-Global

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

Inventory Volume:

188
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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

08 November 1979.
Mexico
Locality: Roadside, Felipe Angeles, Zacatecas

Donated

11 November 1979.
Florida, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Southern most site for this species in Zacateras. Leaves hastate, unlobed. Fruits dark green with light green stripes, turning yellowish at maturity, pyriform, 6cm long, 5cm diam. Local name Calabacilla.

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

Common names

Language	Name	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)

Annotations

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