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Details for: PI 442191,
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
13 October 1979.
Mexico
Locality:
Santa Catarina, N.L., on Monterrey-Saltillo Hwy
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
Vines, disease and pest free. Pulp reportedly used as clothes detergent. Local name Calabasa.
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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