Cucurbita pepo

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Cucurbita

pumpkin, squash

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Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 1010 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cucurbita pepo Puhi Camp, west of Kauai Community College. From Yard of abandoned homesite Preserved_Specimen Leaves vaguely mottled. Pedicel pale glossy green. Sepals green with whitish hairs. Corolla exterior butter yellow on edges, center greenish-yellow with darker green veins. Interior bright butter yellow. Flynn, T.W. 1642 Kauai BISH 1986-04-04
2 Cucurbita pepo Relict garden plant at site of Mana Sugar Camp, juntion of Hwy. 50 and Mana Rd Old garden closure. Preserved_Specimen Vine, stem rough, slightly prickly, pale green. Leaf: petiole bright green, glossy; blade above dark green with paler mottling, some with whitish blotches, below paler, with white velvety appearance; leaves have slightly foetid odor when crushed. Corolla pale yellow through yellow to butter yellow, on exterior with green veining; calyx segments nearly white to green. No plants with forming fruits seen. Hume, L. 430 Kauai BISH 1989-10-18
3 Cucurbita pepo Manana I., inside crater, on flat Preserved_Specimen One plant; frs. dark-green, oblate spheroid, 9 in. long diam.; fl. orange-yellow. Egler, F.E. 37103 Oahu BISH 1937-07-10
4 Cucurbita pepo Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools Preserved_Specimen Flowers Yellow Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1951-12-28