Cucurbita pepo
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| Cucurbita pepo | |
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| Zucchini fruit and spent flower on plant | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Eudicots |
| clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucurbita |
| Species: | C. pepo |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucurbita pepo L. |
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The species Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It includes varieties of squash, gourd, and pumpkin.
- Acorn squash
- Delicata squash
- Dodi marrow, grown in South Asia[2]
- Gem squash
- Heart of gold squash
- Pattypan squash
- Some types of Pumpkin
- Spaghetti squash
- Sweet dumpling squash
- Yellow crookneck squash
- Yellow summer squash
- Zucchini
[edit] Gallery
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'Delicata' squash
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Pattypan squash
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Spaghetti squash
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var. styriaca
[edit] References
- ^ Paris, H. S.; Yonash, N.; Portnoy, V.; Mozes-Daube, N.; Tzuri, G.; Katzir, N. (April 2003). "Assessment of Genetic Relationships in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) Using DNA Markers". Theor. Appl. Genet. 106 (6): 971–978. doi:10.1007/s00122-002-1157-0. PMID 12671744.
- ^ Spreading the word on vegetables, Coventry Telegraph, Mar 10 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
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