[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
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with Europeans were corn, also called maize (Zea mays), squash (Cucurbita pepo), and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). All of these plants are known much earlier
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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
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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
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stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes 5 (4 in approximate pairs), linear. Fruits pepos, orange-red [red or green], oblong-ovoid [ellipsoid], longitudinally furrowed
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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
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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
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narrowly columnar; stigmas 1, capitate, 3-lobed; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, whitish, ellipsoid-ovoid, compressed, dry at maturity, smooth, glabrous
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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
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style 1, short-columnar; stigmas 3, 2-lobed; staminodes 3 or absent. Fruits pepos, greenish, often striped or mottled, apparently usually maturing yellow to
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vestigial; stigma 3, forming a subglobose head; staminodes absent. Fruits pepos, light green to blue-green, globose-ovoid to ovoid or ellipsoid, bladdery-inflated
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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)
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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
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glabrous or sparsely villous. Hypanthia pilose to lanate, hairs spreading. Pepos edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 10–20+ cm diam., rind tan, yellowish
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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)
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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.
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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:
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retrorsely hispid. Hypanthia retrorsely or antrorsely sericeous, hairs appressed. Pepos not edible, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 2.5–5 cm diam., rind yellow
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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(staminate shorter); anther filaments glabrous; ovary densely pubescent. Pepos light green with pale white stripes at maturity, green-streaked or flecked
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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
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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
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sparsely short-villous, hairs viscid-glandular; ovary densely pubescent. Pepos (1) light or dark green, with or without longitudinal white lines or stripes
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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
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