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Cucurbita argyrosperma C.Huber

Spécimen

MNHN-P-P00792699
AME (Amérique)

Taxonomie

Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita
Cucurbita argyrosperma
Cucurbita argyrosperma C.Huber

Origine

Along hwy. Mex. 150 and 180, 1.5 km. SW of the bridge at Boca del Rio, Mun. Boca del Rio
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K. Taylor
1984-2-22
5
19° 5' 30.012'' N ; 96° 7' 0.012'' O
Fruits on ground, none on living vines (see no. 29597). Fruits green with white lines radiating from flower end, apparently on ground for some time, many becoming yellow, some open and the kernel of the seeds eating, the hulls left in a pile; flesh pale yellow; seeds tan, the cotyledons palatable but bland
Grazed thickets, parts inundated at times but probaly not saline as are the flats with Avicennia germinans on the other side of the road

Historique de détermination

Cucurbita argyrosperma C.Huber
Nee 1986
Cucurbita sororia L.H.Bailey