The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cucurbitaceae</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong> 71<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Cultivated?<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Native to Mesoamerica, widely cultivated.<br />
Image: Many images can be found online <strong>of</strong> plants grown outside <strong>India</strong>.<br />
GenBank: Many sequences from Sanjur et al. (2002) and further studies.<br />
Comment: Jeffrey (1980) included this species (as C. mixta) in his checklist <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>n<br />
<strong>Cucurbitaceae</strong>, but it is unclear to what extent it is cultivated in <strong>India</strong> today.<br />
26. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss.<br />
Staaten 12: 205. 1837.<br />
Type: So far unknown.<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Meghalaya (Naithani, 1990). Cultivated.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Native to Mesoamerica or northern South America, widely<br />
cultivated.<br />
Image: See eflora<strong>of</strong>india at https://sites.google.com/site/eflora<strong>of</strong>india/species/a---l/cl/<br />
cucurbitaceae/cucurbita/cucurbita-filicifolia<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Sanjur et al. (2002) and Kocyan et al. (2007), e.g.,<br />
HQ438599, DQ536665.<br />
Comments: Cucurbita has about 15 wild species in tropical and subtropical America<br />
(M. Nee, New York Botanical Garden, pers. comm., Feb. 2010) and five domesticated<br />
ones cultivated worldwide (C. argyrosperma, C. ficifolia, C. maxima, C.<br />
moschata, and C. pepo).<br />
27. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Essai Hist. Nat. Courges 7, 12. 1786.<br />
Type: From a cultivated plant (not found); neotype: Melo-pepo fructa albo Tournefort<br />
Inst. 1: 106. T. 34 1700.<br />
Cucurbita maxima var. badagarensis Mudaliar, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 49: 242.<br />
1950.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Malbar District, cultivated, collector unknown, Madras Herbarium No.<br />
93177 and 93178 (MH).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat,<br />
Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala (Naithani, 1990), Madhya Pradesh,<br />
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Native to Central America.<br />
Image: eflora<strong>of</strong>india at https://sites.google.com/site/eflora<strong>of</strong>india/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/cucurbita/cucurbita-maxima<br />
GenBank: Numerous sequences from the three plant organellar genomes.<br />
Comments: Winter squash is cultivated throughout <strong>India</strong>.
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