Cucurbita pedatifolia
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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Pubescent vine of Cucurbita pedatifolia showing a forming fruit with ridges and a semi rough texture | |
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[2] | |
Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey |
Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita.[3][4][5] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated.[4] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success.[6] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita.[7] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans.[6] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia.[8] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita.[9]
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.[3] Cucurbita moorei was at one time described as a separate species native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico within Cucurbita, but now is considered a synonym for C. pedatifolia.[4]
Cucurbita pedatifolia was first formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ The Plant List, Cucurbita pedatifolia
- ^ a b Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1943). "Species of Cucurbita". Gentes Herbarum. 6. Ithaca, NY: 267–322.
- ^ 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.
- JSTOR 41423342.
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