Cucurbita fraterna L. H. Bailey GRIN-Global

Taxon: Cucurbita fraterna L. H. Bailey

Synonym of Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al.

Summary

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

312887

Place of publication:

Gentes Herbarum 6:288. 1943

Comment:

a probable wild progenitor to Cucurbita pepo L.

Verified:

06/29/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Andres, T. C. 1987. Cucurbita fraterna, the closest wild relative and progenitor of C. pepo. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 10:69-71.
Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:11.
Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 1990. Genealogy and gene flow among annual domesticated species of Cucurbita. Canad. J. Bot. 68:783.
Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:1-281.
Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58-59.

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312887. Accessed 17 April 2026.