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Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata, Cucurbita pepo Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1010. 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 441. 1754. Guy L. Nesom

familyCucurbitaceae genusCucurbita speciesCucurbita pepo Show Lower Taxa Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1010. 1753. Guy L. Nesom Introduced

Tristemon texanus Scheele Linnaea 21: 586. 1848 (as texanum) Synonyms: Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Scheele) Filov Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment

monospecific. Cucurbitaceae generally is easy to recognize: the fruit is usually a pepo (a hard-shelled berry). Fruits are produced in a wide array of shapes and

Bailey Gentes Herb. 2: 179. 1930. Guy L. Nesom Conservation concern Basionym: Pepo okeechobeensis Small J. New York Bot. Gard. 31: 12, figs. 1, 2. 1930 Treatment

fingerlike projections on margins; staminodes present or rarely absent. Fruits pepos, mono- or bicolor, green to yellow, orange, or tan [white, brown, purple]

genusCucurbita speciesCucurbita pepo subspeciesCucurbita pepo subsp. pepo [I] Guy L. Nesom Synonyms: Cucurbita aurantia Willdenow C. pepo var. medullosa Alefeld

Bailey) G. L. Nesom [C. fraterna L. H. Bailey; C. pepo var. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Filov et al.; C. pepo subsp. <fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira, Andres & M

Synonyms: Cucurbita ovifera Linnaeus C. pepo var. condensa L. H. Bailey C. pepo subsp. ovifera (Linnaeus) D. S. Decker C. pepo var. ovifera (Linnaeus) Alefeld

1848 (as texanum) Synonyms: Cucurbita pepo var. texana (Scheele) D. S. Decker Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Pepos usually green and white striped at

Nesom Phytoneuron 2011-13: 24. 2011. Guy L. Nesom Endemic Basionym: Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana D. S. Decker J. Ethnobiol. 13: 69. 1993 Treatment appears in

Kentucky field or Dickinson pumpkin Tennessee sweet potato Introduced Synonyms: Pepo moschata (Duchesne) Britton Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment

A Text property defining a single value. Structure: pepo A subproperty of fruit A Type of fruit None. None.

gourd calabazilla chili coyote Synonyms: Cucurbita perennis (E. James) A. Gray Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britton Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment

short-columnar to nearly absent; stigmas 3, linear; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, silvery green to green with darker, raised, broad, longitudinal stripes

style 1, narrow; stigmas 1, obscurely 2–3-lobed; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, dark green to gray at maturity, fusiform to ovoid, beaked or not, dry, thin-walled

short-columnar, deeply cleft; stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes present. Fruits pepos, green, yellow, or variegated green and whitish or green and yellow, ± longitudinally

locule; style 1, columnar; stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes 3(–5). Fruits pepos, usually greenish, sometimes white-striped, drying brownish, cylindric to

2–4 mm, petals 6–8 mm, corolla tube 0–1 mm, sparsely puberulent inside. Pepos light yellowish green to light yellow, sometimes with light green stripes

locule; style 1, narrow; stigmas 1, 3-lobed; staminodes 3, minute. Fruits dry pepos or berrylike, red to scarlet, orange, or golden brown [green], mostly ellipsoid-cylindric

[E] Guy L. Nesom Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 55. Pepos solid or striped, multiple colors, including yellow and orange, rind smooth

with Europeans were corn, also called maize (Zea mays), squash (Cucurbita pepo), and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). All of these plants are known much earlier

5–9(–20) mm, corolla tube 1–1.6(–3) mm, lobes puberulent or glabrous inside. Pepos tan, yellowish, lemon yellow, light yellowish green, dark green, light orange

hypanthium 2–4 mm; sepals recurving, 12–13 mm; petals ca. 25 mm, apex acute. Pepos 4–5 cm, surface with 10 obscure furrows. 2n = 18. Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep

stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes 5 (4 in approximate pairs), linear. Fruits pepos, orange-red [red or green], oblong-ovoid [ellipsoid], longitudinally furrowed

apex shallowly obtuse to obtuse-apiculate; stamens (3–)5; filaments 6–8 mm. Pepos cylindric, not angled, (6–)20–50 × (2.5–)6–10 cm. Seeds dull black, not beaked

pistillate peduncles 2–5 cm. Flowers lightly fragrant; corolla 8–12(–16) mm diam. Pepos 3–5 cm, spinules 4–6 mm, glabrous or slightly scabrous. Seeds 12–20 mm. 2n

narrowly columnar; stigmas 1, capitate, 3-lobed; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, whitish, ellipsoid-ovoid, compressed, dry at maturity, smooth, glabrous

locule; style 1, narrowly columnar; stigma 1, 3-lobed; staminodes 3. Fruits pepos, usually green with white streaks or lines, sometimes red to scarlet at maturity

style 1, short-columnar; stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes 3 or absent. Fruits pepos, greenish, often striped or mottled, apparently usually maturing yellow to

vestigial; stigma 3, forming a subglobose head; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, light green to blue-green, globose-ovoid to ovoid or ellipsoid, bladdery-inflated

variation appears to be populational, especially in habit and pepo and leaf shape. Pepos yellowish to mottled-green at maturity (as noted on label data)

cm in fruit. Flowers: hypanthium 10–18 mm; sepals erect, not recurving. Pepos 6–10 cm. Seeds light brown, 9–12 mm. 2n = 28. Phenology: Flowering May–Sep

glabrous or sparsely villous. Hypanthia pilose to lanate, hairs spreading. Pepos edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 10–20+ cm diam., rind tan, yellowish

retrorsely curved. Flowers: petals apically 2-fid, corolla 2–3 mm diam. Pepos 4–5 mm, loosely enclosed by persistent bracts. Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov)

Nut relief Nut shape Nut size Nut some measurement Nut texture Nut width P Pepo Pit nut coloration or pubescence or relief Pit nut length Pit nut pubescence

bristle at apex of hypanthial aculei 0.5–1 times as long as opaque base. Pepos prominently aculeate, aculei 4–10(–15) mm. Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.

bristle at apex of hypanthial aculei 2–3 times longer than opaque base. Pepos obscurely aculeate, aculei 1–2 mm. Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct. Habitat:

retrorsely hispid. Hypanthia retrorsely or antrorsely sericeous, hairs appressed. Pepos not edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 2.5–5 cm diam., rind yellow

orange-yellow, campanulate, 5–7(–8) cm; anther filaments glabrous; ovary pubescent. Pepos green to gray-green with cream stripes or mottling, golden yellow to orange

triangular, 0.5–1.5 mm, corolla 2–3 mm including tube; stigmas 2-lobed. Pepos ovoid, 4–6 mm, not echinate, glabrous or sparsely villosulous. Phenology:

lanceolate, 3–5 mm; petals obovate-oblong to widely oblanceolate, 7–16 mm. Pepos green, mottled with paler green and yellowish to whitish stripes, globose

lanceolate, 3–5 mm; petals obovate-oblong to widely oblanceolate, 7–16 mm. Pepos green, mottled with paler green and yellowish to whitish stripes, globose

sepals lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5 mm; petals obovate-oblong, 6–10 mm. Pepos variegated green and yellow or yellow, green-striped, globose to subglobose

0.2–2 mm, corolla 1–2 mm (essentially without a tube), stigmas 3-lobed. Pepos ovoid, 5–8 mm, echinate and sparsely, finely villous, spinules retrorsely

2–7 mm, corolla tube 0.3–1.2 mm, puberulent to sparsely puberulent inside. Pepos orange to yellow with green to yellow stripes, monocolor or bicolor-striped

petals 6–10(–17) mm, corolla tube 1–1.6 mm, lobes sparsely puberulent inside. Pepos yellow to yellow-orange, monocolor, cylindric-ellipsoid, 0.6–1.5 × 3–6 cm

apiculate, corolla cream to white with darker veins, pale yellow at base. Pepos 10–50 cm (to 200 cm in some cultivated forms), [exocarp woody]. Seeds slightly

20–25 mm, apex truncate to shallowly emarginate; stamens 3; filaments 4 mm. Pepos narrowly clavate, 10-angled, (10–)15–30(–45) × 5–8 cm. Seeds black, beaked

3–4(–12) mm, petals 10–15(–25) mm, corolla tube 3.5–6.5 mm, glabrous inside. Pepos green to yellowish monocolor or with light green to whitish stripes, ellipsoid

5–6(–11) mm, petals 6–15 mm, corolla tube 1–1.5 mm, lobes glabrous inside. Pepos pale yellow, monocolor, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-cylindric or globose, 3.5–7

sepals recurved, 2–5 mm; petals 15–20 mm, apices acute to obtuse-apiculate. Pepos 2.5–6 cm. Seeds 6–8 mm, aril red to red-orange. 2n = 24. Phenology: Flowering

0.5–1 mm, corolla 1–2 mm (essentially without a tube); stigmas 3-lobed. Pepos ovoid-beaked, 9–15 mm, echinate, spinules retrorsely barbellate, also densely

linear-triangular, 0.2–1.5 mm, corolla 1.5–2 mm including tube, stigmas 2-lobed. Pepos ovoid, 5–6 mm, echinate, spinules retrorsely barbellate and glabrous. Phenology:

(staminate shorter); anther filaments glabrous; ovary densely pubescent. Pepos light green with pale white stripes at maturity, green-streaked or flecked

tubular-campanulate, 2.5–5 cm; anther filaments glabrous; ovary densely pubescent. Pepos dull green, narrowly 10-striped and white-mottled, ellipsoid-globose to globose

narrowly campanulate, 4–7 cm; anther filaments glabrous; ovary villous-hirsute. Pepos dark green with 10 whitish stripes and white mottling or yellow at maturity

sparsely short-villous, hairs viscid-glandular; ovary densely pubescent. Pepos (1) light or dark green, with or without longitudinal white lines or stripes

567--673. Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42: 3--15. Delcourt, H. R. 1987. The impact of