Cucurbita
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Cucurbita
| image = Yellow squash DSC01080.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Yellow squash
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Cucurbitales
| familia = Cucurbitaceae
| genus = Cucurbita
| genus_authority = L.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
C. digitata - fingerleaf gourd
C. ficifolia - figleaf gourd, chilacayote
C. foetidissima - stinking gourd, buffalo gourd
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 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.
Cucurbita species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage Moth, Hypercompe indecisa and Turnip Moth.
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