PLANTS Profile for Cucurbita maxima (winter squash)

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PLANTS Profile

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
winter squash

Symbol:

CUMA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

More Information:

Images:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

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Synonyms:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

CUMAT

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne var. turbaniformis Alef.

Distribution:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, MA, ME, MI, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, UT, VA, VT, WI), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 9 species in Cucurbita or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Cucurbita maxima ssp. andreana
winter squash

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Cucurbita L. – gourd
Species	Cucurbita maxima Duchesne – winter squash

Introduced Information:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22369.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 12:37 PM MDT