Details for: PI 282553, Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz, 'Crown of Thorns'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz
Cultivar:
'Crown of Thorns'
Origin:
Collected – Massachusetts, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz
Cultivar:
'Crown of Thorns'
Origin:
Collected – Massachusetts, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Source History
Collected

Massachusetts, United States

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Crown of Thorns'
Type: Cultivar name
58-25; Lot No. 77254; from Eastern States Farmers Exchange

GC-72
Type: Collector identifier
GC = O. Shifriss gourd collection number.

Narrative
Presented by the Eastern States Farmers Exchange, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Cultivated. Seed packet of 'Crown of Thorns', 58-25, Lot No. 77254. Characteristics: Fruit spherical to oblong, About 5 inches in diameter, with 5 pairs of finger-shapted protuberances extending from the ridges at the stem end freely out toward the blossom end, survace typically smooth but sometimes warty, rind white to yellow. Bailey, 1937.
Cucurbita pepo L. subspp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12607
Place of publication:

Landw. Samenk. 2:819. 1885 (L. H. Bailey, Stand. cycl. hort. 1:910. 1930)
Comment:
  • or Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups
  • probably not the oldest varietal name
  • Alefeld (Landw. Fl. 222. 1866) published this as a "var.-gr.", which is not the rank of variety
Verified:
05/15/1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. (1019 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucurbita ovifera L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. melopepo (L.) Harz
Cucurbita pepo L. var. patisson Filov, nom. nud.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishacorn squash  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Englishfordhook squash  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Englishornamental gourd  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Englishpattypan squash  1Paris, H. S. 1986. A proposed subspecific classification for Cucurbita pepo. Phytologia 61:135.
Englishscallop squash  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Englishstraightneck squash  1Decker, D. S. & H. D. Wilson. 1986. Numerical analysis of seed morphology in Cucurbita pepo. Syst. Bot. 11:596. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Englishsummer crookneck squash  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Englishtable queen squash  1Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Japanese Rōmajikazari-kabocha  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
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