PLANTS Profile for Cucurbita palmata (coyote gourd)

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PLANTS Profile

Cucurbita palmata S. Watson
coyote gourd

Symbol:

CUPA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Cucurbita palmata S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Cucurbita palmata S. Watson

CUCA6

Cucurbita californica Torr. ex S. Watson

Distribution:
Cucurbita palmata S. Watson


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Cucurbita palmata S. Watson

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 9 species in Cucurbita

Classification:
Cucurbita palmata S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Cucurbita L. – gourd
Species	Cucurbita palmata S. Watson – coyote gourd

More Accounts and Images:
Cucurbita palmata S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22372.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 05:18 AM CDT