Cucurbita
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{{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==
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==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
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