Cucurbita

Cucurbita

Yellow Squash

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Cucurbita

Species

C. digitata – fingerleaf gourd
C. ficifolia – figleaf gourd
C. foetidissima – wild gourd, wild pumpkin
C. maxima – winter squash, pumpkin
C. mixta – pumpkin
C. moschata – crookneck squash
C. okeechobeensis
C. palmata
C. pepo – vegetable marrow, field pumpkin
References:
ITIS 22365 2002–11–06

Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. It includes the squashes, pumpkins and marrows, but also includes some species grown only as gourds.

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