Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana

(D. S. Decker) G. L. Nesom

Phytoneuron 2011-13: 24. 2011.

Endemic
Basionym: Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana D. S. Decker J. Ethnobiol. 13: 69. 1993
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 56. Mentioned on page 53, 55.

Pepos usually solid ivory, sometimes green and white striped, usually not yellow or orange. Seeds: germination within 1–4 days.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Stream banks, gravel bars, bottomland forests, soybean, corn, and cotton fields, old fields, fencerows, railroad rights-of-way, roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation: 20–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Okla.

Discussion

Variety ozarkana occurs in the central Mississippi valley and the Ozark Plateau. Populations in Alabama were included in var. ozarkana by C. W. Cowan and B. D. Smith (1993), but their evolutionary status was considered uncertain by D. S. Decker et al. (1993).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Guy L. Nesom +
(D. S. Decker) G. L. Nesom +
Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +  and Okla. +
20–200 m +
Stream banks, gravel bars, bottomland forests, soybean, corn, and cotton fields, old fields, fencerows, railroad rights-of-way, roadsides, disturbed sites +
Flowering Jun–Oct. +
Phytoneuron +
Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana +
Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana +
Cucurbita melopepo subsp. texana +
variety +