Taxon: Cucurbita radicans Naudin

 
Genus: Cucurbita
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Tribe: Cucurbiteae
Nomen number: 312041
Place of publication: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 6:8. 1866
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 17-feb-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-mar-2017
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • calabacilla  (Source: F NGalicia) - Spanish
  • calabaza de coyote  (Source: F NGalicia) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of moschata pumpkin/squash (hybridizes with Cucurbita moschata fide Evolution 18:555, 558. 1964)
  • Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of maxima pumpkin/squash (based on failed crosses with Cucurbita maxima fide Evolution 18:555. 1964)
  • Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of pepo pumpkin/squash (based on failed hybridization crosses with Cucurbita pepo fide Syst Ecogeogr Stud 9:28. 1995 (although see Evolution 18:555, 558. 1964))

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Federal District, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit]


References:

  1. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983- (F NGalicia)
  2. Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 1991- (F Bajio)
  3. Whitaker, T. W. & W. P. Bemis 1964. Evolution in the genus Cucurbita (Evolution) 18:553-559.

Check other web resources for Cucurbita radicans Naudin :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312041. Accessed 5 junio 2026.