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Details for: PI 512097,
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth, Calabacilla.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
Top Name:
Calabacilla.
Origin:
Collected – Guanajuato, Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
196
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima
Kunth
Top Name:
Calabacilla.
Origin:
Collected – Guanajuato, Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
26 November 1984.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Locality:
Roadside colony on road between Qveretaro and Xilitla. San Martin, Guanajuato.
Elevation:
2000m.
Collector(s):
Merrick, Laura C., University of Maine
Montes, Salvador
Donated
15 April 1987.
California, United States
Donor(s):
Merrick, Laura C., University of California-Davis
Accession Names and Identifiers
Calabacilla.
Type: Local name
841126-01
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Single plant with six fruits. Fruit round with bitter flesh. Many immature plants nearby.
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
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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