Cucurbita sororia

Cucurbita sororia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species: C. sororia
Binomial name
Cucurbita sororia
L.H.Bailey
Synonyms[1]
  • Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. sororia (L.H.Bailey) Merrick & D.M.Bates

Cucurbita sororia is a plant species of the genus Cucurbita,[1][2] sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Cucurbita argyrosperma, C. a. subsp. sororia.[3] It ranges from northern Mexico to Nicaragua, mostly along the Pacific coast. This species was originally considered closely related to Cucurbita texana but C. sororia was later shown to be an ancestor of Cucurbita argyrosperma,[2][4] with which it hybridizes well.[5]

The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GRIN (May 22, 1997). "Cucurbita sororia L. H. Bailey". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany (New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press) 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants): 56–68. JSTOR 4255271.
  3. ↑ Saade, R. Lira; Hernández, S. Montes. "Cucurbits". Purdue Horticulture. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Sanjur, Oris I.; Piperno, Dolores R.; Andres, Thomas C.; Wessel-Beaver, Linda (2002). "Phylogenetic Relationships among Domesticated and Wild Species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) Inferred from a Mitochondrial Gene: Implications for Crop Plant Evolution and Areas of Origin" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences) 99 (1): 535–540. doi:10.1073/pnas.012577299. JSTOR 3057572.
  5. ↑ Merrick, Laura C. (1984). "Natural Hybridization of Wild Cucurbita sororia Group and Domesticated C. mixta in Southern Sonora, Mexico". Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University) 7: 73–75.

External links

External identifiers for Cucurbita sororia
Encyclopedia of Life 5734157