Cucurbita pepo

Taxonomy ID: 3663 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid3663)

current name

Cucurbita pepo  L., 1753

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Cucurbiteae; Cucurbita

Comments and References:

GRIN (Oct 17, 2016) Name accessed on 17 October 2016 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Flora of China - Cucurbitaceae Anmin Lu & Charles Jeffrey. Cucurbitaceae. Wu, Z. Y., P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds. 2011. Flora of China. Vol. 19 (Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online version.

Decker-Walters D et al. 2002 Decker-Walters D,Staub JE, Chung S-M, Nakata E and Quemada H. 2002. Diversity in free-living populations of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) as assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Syst. Botany 27(1): 19-28.

Sanjur OI et al. 2002 Sanjur OI, Piperno DR, Andres TC and Wessel-Beaver L. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 99(1): 535-540.

Decker-Walters DS et al. 1993 Decker-Walters DS, Walters TW, Cowan CW and Smith BD. 1993. Journal of Ethnobiology 13: 55-72.

Decker DS 1988 Decker DS. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Economic Botany 42:4-15.