Biology:Cucurbita californica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cucurbita californica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species:
C. californica
Binomial name
Cucurbita californica
S.Wats.

Cucurbita californica is a species of flowering plant in the squash family.[1]

The species was first identified by Sereno Watson in 1876.[1] There is disagreement about whether this is a separate species from Cucurbita palmata.[2][3] In 1883 botanist C. C. Parry reported it was distinguishable from C. palmata by its smaller fruit and foliage, and fruit that is a dull green with thin ridges.[4] It is similar to Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita cylindrata, Cucurbita digitata, and Cucurbita palmata and all these species hybridize readily.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants): 56–68. doi:10.1007/BF02860475. 
  2. "Cucurbita californica Torr. ex S. Watson". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=22366. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  3. "Cucurbitaceae Gourd Family". Jepson Herbarium, University of California-Berkeley. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=21365. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  4. Parry, C. C. (May 1883). "Cucurbita Californica, Torr". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 10 (15): 50–51. 
  5. Puchalski, J. T.; Robinson, R. W. (1978). "Comparative Electrophoretic Analysis of Isozymes in Cucurbita Species". Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1: 28. http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cgc/cgc01/cgc1-26.html. 

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