Cucurbita pedatifolia
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus: | Cucurbita |
Species: | C. pedatifolia
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Binomial name | |
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey |
Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita.[2][3][4] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated.[3] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success.[5] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita.[6] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans.[5] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia.[7] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita.[8]
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.[2]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Cucurbita pedatifolia
- ^ a b Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1943). "Species of Cucurbita". Gentes Herbarum. 6. Ithaca, NY: 267–322.
- ^ a b Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany. 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants). New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press: 56–68. JSTOR 4255271.
- ^ "Cucurbita pedatifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Andres, Thomas C. (1987). "Hybridization of Cucurbita foetidissima with C. pedatifolia C. radicans, and C. ficifolia". Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report. 10. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University: 72–73.
- ^ "Cucurbits". Purdue University. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ Andres, Thomas C. (1987). "Relationship of Cucurbita scabridifolia to C. foetidissima and C. pedatifolia: A Case of Natural Interspecific Hybridization". Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report. 10. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University: 74–75.
- ^ Bemis, W. P.; Whitaker, Thomas W. (April 1969). "The Xerophytic Cucurbita of Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States". Madroño. 20 (2). California Botanical Society: 33–41. JSTOR 41423342.
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