Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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Pubescent vine of Cucurbita pedatifolia showing a forming fruit with ridges and a semi rough texture | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus: | Cucurbita |
Species: | C. pedatifolia
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Binomial name | |
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey |
Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita. [3] [4] [5] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated. [4] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success. [6] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita. [7] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans. [6] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia. [8] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita. [9]
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum. [3] Cucurbita moorei was at one time described as a separate species native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico within Cucurbita, but now is considered a synonym for C. pedatifolia. [4]
Cucurbita pedatifolia was first formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum. [4]
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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Pubescent vine of Cucurbita pedatifolia showing a forming fruit with ridges and a semi rough texture | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus: | Cucurbita |
Species: | C. pedatifolia
|
Binomial name | |
Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey |
Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita. [3] [4] [5] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated. [4] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success. [6] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita. [7] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans. [6] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia. [8] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita. [9]
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum. [3] Cucurbita moorei was at one time described as a separate species native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico within Cucurbita, but now is considered a synonym for C. pedatifolia. [4]
Cucurbita pedatifolia was first formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum. [4]