Cucurbita pepo

Cucurbita pepo
Zucchini fruit and spent flower on plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
clade:	Angiosperms
clade:	Eudicots
clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Cucurbita
Species:	C. pepo
Binomial name
Cucurbita pepo L.
Subspecies[1]
Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana Cucurbita pepo subsp. fraterna Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo

The species Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It includes varieties of squash, gourd, and pumpkin.

• Acorn squash
• Delicata squash
• Dodi marrow, grown in South Asia^[2]
• Gem squash
• Heart of gold squash
• Pattypan squash
• Some types of Pumpkin
• Spaghetti squash
• Sweet dumpling squash
• Yellow crookneck squash
• Yellow summer squash
• Zucchini

Gallery

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  'Delicata' squash

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  Pattypan squash

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  Spaghetti squash

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  var. styriaca

References

1. ^ Paris, H. S.; Yonash, N.; Portnoy, V.; Mozes-Daube, N.; Tzuri, G.; Katzir, N. (April 2003). "Assessment of Genetic Relationships in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) Using DNA Markers". Theor. Appl. Genet. 106 (6): 971–978. doi:10.1007/s00122-002-1157-0. PMID 12671744. 
2. ^ Spreading the word on vegetables, Coventry Telegraph, Mar 10 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

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