Cucurbita 144759 220886337 2008-06-22T02:09:39Z Huzzlet the bot 2369695 robot Adding: eo, he, la, no, pt, qu, tr Removing: nl Modifying: nah, sl, sv {{Taxobox | name = ''Cucurbita'' | image = Yellow squash DSC01080.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Yellow squash | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Cucurbitales]] | familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]] | genus = '''''Cucurbita''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Cucurbita digitata|C. digitata]]'' - fingerleaf gourd<br> ''[[Cucurbita ficifolia|C. ficifolia]]'' - figleaf gourd, chilacayote<br> ''[[Cucurbita foetidissima|C. foetidissima]]'' - stinking gourd, buffalo gourd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cucurbita_foetidissima.jpg]<br> ''[[Cucurbita maxima|C. maxima]]'' - winter squash, pumpkin<br> ''[[Cucurbita mixta|C. mixta]]'' - pumpkin<br> ''[[Cucurbita moschata|C. moschata]]'' - butternut squash, "dickinson" pumpkin<br> ''[[Cucurbita okeechobeensis|C. okeechobeensis]]''<br> ''[[Cucurbita palmata|C. palmata]]''<br> ''[[Cucurbita pepo|C. pepo]]'' - acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash, zucchini<br> many others }} '''''Cucurbita''''' is a genus in the [[gourd]] family [[Cucurbitaceae]] first cultivated in the Americas and now used in many parts of the world<ref>Whitaker (1947)</ref><ref>Whitaker (1956)</ref>. It includes species grown for their [[fruit]] and edible [[seed]]s (the [[squash (fruit)|squash]]es, [[pumpkin]]s and marrows, and the [[Cucurbita ficifolia|chilacayote]]), as well as some species grown only as gourds. They have bicollateral vascular bundles. Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist pollinators in the [[apidae|apid]] group [[Eucerini]], especially the genera ''[[Peponapis]]'' and ''[[Xenoglossa]]'', and these [[bee]]s can be very important for fruit set. ''Cucurbita'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Cabbage Moth]], ''[[Hypercompe|Hypercompe indecisa]]'' and [[Turnip Moth]]. Several species of ''Cucurbita'' are native to North America, including ''C. foetidissima'' (finger-leaved gourd), ''C. digitata'' (calabazilla), and ''C. palmata'' (coyote melon). These plants produce gourds and form large, fleshy, tuber-like roots. == Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * {{ITIS|ID=22365|taxon=Cucurbita|year=2002|date=6 November}} * {{cite journal |authorlink=Thomas W. Whitaker |last=Whitaker |first=T.W. |title=American origin of cultivated cucurbits |journal=[[Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden]] |volume= 34 | pages= 101–111 |year=1947 }} * {{cite journal |authorlink=Thomas W. Whitaker |last=Whitaker |first=T.W. |title=The origin of the cultivated cucurbita |journal=[[The American Naturalist]] |volume= 90 |issue=852 |pages= 171–176 |year=1956 |doi=10.1086/281923 }} ==External links== * [http://www.blackturtle.us/DV_PLANTS/GOURDS/index.html Coyote Melon Pictures and Information ] at blackturtle.us {{commons|Cucurbita}} [[Category:Cucurbitaceae]] [[Category:Squashes and pumpkins]] {{Cucurbitales-stub}} {{vegetable-stub}} [[ca:Carbassera]] [[da:Græskar]] [[de:Kürbisse]] [[et:Kõrvits (perekond)]] [[es:Cucurbita]] [[eo:Kukurbo]] [[fr:Cucurbita]] [[ko:호박속]] [[he:דלעת]] [[la:Cucurbita]] [[lt:Moliūgas]] [[hu:Tök]] [[nah:Ayohtli]] [[ja:カボチャ]] [[no:Gresskar]] [[pl:Dynia]] [[pt:Cucurbita]] [[qu:Kalawasa]] [[ru:Тыква]] [[sq:Cucurbita]] [[sl:Buča]] [[sv:Pumpasläktet]] [[tr:Kabak]]