Cucurbita maxima, Duchesne

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 298

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

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scientific name

Cucurbita maxima
status

 

3. C. maxima Duchesne View in CoL in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 151 (1786).

Like 1 but leaves orbicular, not lobed, softly hairy; peduncles terete, not expanded below the female flowers; fruit variously shaped, often glaucous and very large (up to 100 kg.). Cultivated as a vegetable (pumpkin) in S. Europe. (Central America.)

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Cucurbita

Loc

Cucurbita maxima

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Loc

C. maxima

Duchesne 1786: 151
1786
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