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iCucurbita
Image:Yellow squash DSC01080.jpg Yellow squash
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Cucurbita L.
Species
C. digitata - fingerleaf gourd C. ficifolia - figleaf gourd, chilacayote C. foetidissima - stinking gourd, buffalo gourd [1] C. maxima - winter squash, pumpkin C. mixta - pumpkin C. moschata - crookneck squash C. okeechobeensis C. palmata C. pepo - vegetable marrow, field pumpkin many others

Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. It includes species grown for their fruit and edible seeds (the squashes, pumpkins and marrows, and the 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 apid group Eucerini, especially the genera Peponapis and Xenoglossa, and these bees can be very important for fruit set.

Cucurbita species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage Moth, Hypercompe indecisa and Turnip Moth.

[edit] References

• Cucurbita (TSN 22365). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 6 November 2002.

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