Cucurbita moschata
| Cucurbita moschata | |
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| Butternut squash, a variety of Cucurbita moschata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicotsm |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucurbita |
| Species: | C. moschata |
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Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poir. |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 584408 |
Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. It includes cultivars of squash and pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo. They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer. Commercially made pumpkin pie mix is most often made from varieties of C. moschata. The ancestral species of the genus Cucurbita were present in the Americas before the arrival of humans. Evolutionarily speaking the genus is relatively recent in origin as no species within the genus is genetically isolated from all the other species. C. moschata acts as the genetic bridge within the genus and is closest to the genus' progenitor. Cultivars include:
'Butternut' type, also 'Bell' type
'Crookneck' type
'Tromboncino' (crookneck group, harvested immature)
'Long of Naples' squash (crookneck group)
'Long Island Cheese' pumpkin
'Musquée de Provence' or 'Moscata di Provenza' (cheese group)
'Giromon'
'Aehobak' or 'Korean zucchini'
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