Cucurbita pedatifolia
Species of flowering plant
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Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita.[3][4][5] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated.[4] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success.[6] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita.[7] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans.[6] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia.[8] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita.[9]
| Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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| Pubescent vine of Cucurbita pedatifolia showing a forming fruit with ridges and a semi rough texture | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucurbita |
| Species: | C. pedatifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey | |
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.[3] Cucurbita moorei was at one time described as a separate species native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico within Cucurbita, but now is considered a synonym for C. pedatifolia.[4]
Cucurbita pedatifolia was first formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum.[4]
