Common name
English: Winter squash
German: Riesenkürbis, Speisekürbis
Mandarin: 笋瓜 (sun gua)
Portuguese: Aboboreira
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Cucurbitales (26)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)
Genus: Cucurbita (2)
Epithet: maxima Duchesne (4)
Synonyms: Cucumis rapallito (Carrière) Carrière, Cucurbita farinae Mozz., Cucurbita maxima (Duchesne) Duchesne ex Poir., Cucurbita pepo (Duchesne ex Lam.) Delile, Cucurbita pileiformis M.Roem., Cucurbita rapallito Carrière, Cucurbita sulcata Blanco, Cucurbita turbaniformis M.Roem., Pepo maximus (Duch.) Peterm., Pileocalyx elegans Gasp.
elegans => graceful, neat, nice
maxima => largest
maximus => largest
pepo => fruit like a pumpkin or gourd
sulcata => furrowed
Characteristics
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Cucurbita maxima at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [517] Cucurbita maxima - Plants For A Future database
Literature
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.