Cucurbita pepo

Cucurbita pepo
Assorted cultivars, from top-left, clockwise: pattypan squash, yellow summer squash, a large zucchini (or marrow), and pumpkins
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
Cucurbita pepo subsp. fraterna Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana
Synonyms
Citrullus variegatus Schrad. ex M.Roem. Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort. Cucumis zapallo Steud. Cucurbita aurantia Willd. Cucurbita ceratoceras Haberle ex Mart. Cucurbita clodiensis Nocca Cucurbita courgero Ser. Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad. Cucurbita esculenta Gray Cucurbita fastuosa Salisb. Cucurbita grisea M.Roem. Cucurbita hybrida Bertol. ex Naudin Cucurbita lignosa Mill. Cucurbita mammeata Molina Cucurbita mammosa J.F.Gmel. Cucurbita marsupiiformis Haberle ex M.Roem. [Invalid] Cucurbita melopepo L. Cucurbita oblonga Link Cucurbita polymorpha Duchesne Cucurbita pomiformis M.Roem. Cucurbita pyridaris Duchesne ex Poir. Cucurbita pyxidaris DC. Cucurbita subverrucosa Willd. Cucurbita succado Nägeli ex Naudin Cucurbita succedo Arn. Cucurbita tuberculosa Schrad. Cucurbita urnigera Schrad. Cucurbita variegata Steud. Cucurbita venosa Descourt. Cucurbita verrucosa L. Pepo citrullus Sageret Pepo potiron Sageret Pepo vulgaris Moench

The species Cucurbita pepo includes many kinds of summer and winter squashes, and pumpkins. The following are not separate species, but merely different varietes of C. pepo:

Cultivar group	Botanical name	Image	Has Keenan eaten it?
Acorn	C. pepo var. turbinata		Yes
Cocozzelle	C. pepo var. ionga		No
Crookneck	C. pepo var. torticollia		No
Pumpkin	C. pepo var. pepo		Yes
Scallop	C. pepo var. clypeata; called C. melopepo by Linnaeus		Yes
Straightneck	C. pepo var. recticollis		Yes
Vegetable marrow	C. pepo var. fastigata		Yes (e.g. spaghetti squash)
Zucchini	C. pepo var. cylindrica		Yes
Ornamental gourds	C. pepo var. ovifera		non-edible

Acknowledgements

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