Biology:Cucurbita moorei

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

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

Cucurbita moorei is a plant species of the genus Cucurbita.[1] It is native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico. It has dark green leaves with white markings and orange flowers.[2]

The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany (New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press) 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants): 56–68. doi:10.1007/BF02860475. 
  2. Isotype of Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey [family CUCURBITACEAE]. 32. JSTOR Global Plants. pp. 1069–1070. 

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