Details for: PI 318427, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Ames 718


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
Ames 718
Origin:
Donated – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Jan 1967
PI Assigned:
1967
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
Ames 718
Origin:
Donated – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Jan 1967
PI Assigned:
1967
Source History
Donated
17 January 1967.
Minnesota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Ames 718
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7

Narrative
Inbred selection. Vigorous, medium maturing, bush. Fruits many, oblate 4 to 5 by 6 to 7.75 inches, copper; 4.47 pounds; flesh 1.5 inches, orange.
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12597
Place of publication:

Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 Aug-Sep? (J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:151. 1786 Oct)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov (6 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. maxima (91 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgreat pumpkin  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishred gourd  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwinter squash  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
GermanReisen-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
GermanSpeise-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianzucca  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanesekabocha  2Cumarasamy, R. et al. 2002. Cultivar differences in New Zealand "Kabocha" (buttercup squash, Cucurbita maxima). New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 30:197-208. DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2002.9514215.
Spanish (Peru)zapallo  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Swedishjättepumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesesun gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)halva kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Urdu (Pakistan)mitha kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
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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
Pedigree
Description:
Inbred selection F11, No. 13.63, Bush X Greengold

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEPOWDERY MILDEWSUSCEPTABILITY TO POWDERY MILDEW5 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE) NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT HABITGROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT1 - BUSH NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
GROWTHUNIFORMITYUNIFORMITY7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT VIGORPLANT VIGOR6 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORFLESH COLOR3 - PALE ORANGE NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH DEPTHDEPTH OF FLESH IN CM.2.5 NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORCOLOR OF THE FRUIT.3 - ORANGE NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERDIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CM.19 NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHLENGTH OF FRUIT IN CM.14 NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT RIBBINGFRUIT RIBBING2 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED) NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
PHENOLOGYDAYS TO POLLINATIONNUMBER OF DAYS FROM TRANSPLANTING IN FIELD TO DATE OF FIRST POLLINATION (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE).40 NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available
PRODUCTIONFRUIT SETFRUIT SET6 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.69 Not Available