Cucurbita

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”). === Proper noun === Cucurbita f A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Cucurbitales – order; Cucurbitaceae – family; Cucurbitoideae – subfamily; Cucurbiteae – tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini) – type species; Cucurbita argyrosperma (cushaw pumpkin), Cucurbita cordata (coyote gourd), Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd), Cucurbita ecuadorensis, Cucurbita ficifolia (figleaf gourd or chilacayote), Cucurbita foetidissima (stinking gourd or buffalo gourd); Cucurbita lundelliana (bitter pumpkin), Cucurbita maxima (winter squash or pumpkin), Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma, syn. Cucurbita mixta (pipian or cushaw pumpkin), Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin), Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata (coyote gourd), Cucurbita pedatifolia, Cucurbita radicans (calabacilla or coyote gourd) – selected other species === References === Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cucurbita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons