Cucurbita pepo
A species in the Cucurbitaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Species
- Cucurbita pepo
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cucurbita pepo. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
50 synonyms in this snapshot
- Citrullus variegatusSchrad. ex M.Roem.
- Cucumis pepo(L.) Dumort.
- Cucumis zapalloSteud.
- Cucurbita aurantiaWilld.
- Cucurbita ceratocerasHaberle ex Mart.
- Cucurbita clodiensisNocca
- Cucurbita courgeroSer.
- Cucurbita elongataBean ex Schrad.
- Cucurbita esculentaGray
- Cucurbita fastuosaSalisb.
- Cucurbita hybridaBertol. ex Naudin
- Cucurbita lignosaMill.
- Cucurbita mammeataMolina
- Cucurbita mammosaJ.F.Gmel.
- Cucurbita marsupiiformisHaberle ex M.Roem.
- Cucurbita oblongaLink
- Cucurbita pepo subsp. gumalaTeppner
- Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo
- Cucurbita pepo subvar. nigraHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. akodaMakino
- Cucurbita pepo var. americanaZhit.
- Cucurbita pepo var. bicolorHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. condensaL.H.Bailey
- Cucurbita pepo var. elongataHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. fibropulposaMakino
- Cucurbita pepo var. flograTeppner
- Cucurbita pepo var. georgicaTeppner
- Cucurbita pepo var. kintogwaMakino
- Cucurbita pepo var. medullosaHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo(L.) Alef.
- Cucurbita pepo var. praecoxHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. toonasMakino
- Cucurbita pepo var. torticollisHarz
- Cucurbita pepo var. vulgarisHarz
- Cucurbita polymorphaDuchesne
- Cucurbita pomiformisM.Roem.
- Cucurbita pyridarisDuchesne ex Poir.
- Cucurbita pyxidarisDC.
- Cucurbita succadoNaeg. ex Naudin
- Cucurbita succedoArn.
- Cucurbita tuberculosaSchrad.
- Cucurbita urnigeraSchrad.
- Cucurbita variegataSteud.
- Cucurbita venosaDescourt.
- Pepo aurantius(Willd.) Peterm.
- Pepo citrullusSageret
- Pepo clypeiformisPoit.
- Pepo oblongusPoit.
- Pepo potironSageret
- Pepo vulgarisMoench
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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