List of gourds and squashes

This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties (cultivars) of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes. Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species:

This page is about the genus Cucurbita; for other plants called gourd see Gourd, Lagenaria, Citrullus colocynthis

The entries below are predominantly based on the SysTax database.[1] Not all have the 'accepted' status in the ITIS database.[2]

C. argyrosperma
Cushaw squash

C. ficifolia
Fig-leaf squash

C. maxima
Atlantic Giant
Buttercup squash
Kabocha
Red kuri
Turban squash
  • Amphora
  • Aurantiaca-Alba
  • Atlantic Giant[3]
  • Australian Butter
  • Big Moon
  • Bleu de Hongrie
  • Blue Banana
  • Buttercup squash
  • Crown Prince
  • Flat White Boer A[4]
  • Galeux d'Eysines
  • Gelber Zentner
  • Giraumon Turban
  • Golden Delicious
  • Golias
  • Green Hubbard
  • Grosser Gelber Zentner
  • Grosser Gruener
  • Hubbard squash
  • Kiszombori
  • Kabocha
  • Mammut
  • Marina di Chioggia
  • Massimo di Chioggia
  • Muscat de Provence
  • Orange Früchte
  • Peruaner Kürbis
  • Prizewinner
  • Queensland Blue
  • Red kuri squash (Hokkaido)
  • Roter Zentner
  • Sweet meat
  • Tondo di Nizza
  • Triambelkürbis
  • Trombone
  • Turban squash
  • Valenciano
  • Veltruska
  • Viridi-Alba
  • Wildsippe Argentinien
  • Yellow Hubbard

C. moschata
Butternut squash
Muscat de Provence

C. pepo
Connecticut field pumpkins
Green button (pattypan) squash
Yellow zucchini
Cooked spaghetti squash
C. pepo var. styriaca
  • Acorn squash
  • Ampullaris
  • Aurantia
  • Baby Boo
  • Big Max pumpkin
  • Black Zuccini
  • Blanche de Virginie
  • Bunter Patisson
  • Caserta
  • Casertaosa
  • Casertara
  • Casertarmis
  • Citrullina
  • Cocozelle
  • Cocozelle von Tripolis
  • Connecticut field pumpkin
  • Courgette de Nice
  • Custard White
  • Delicata squash
  • Early prolific Straightneck
  • Ex Griechenland
  • Futterkurbis Oblonga
  • Futterkurbis Pyriformis
  • Gem squash
  • Gemini F1
  • Gießener Ölkürbis
  • Giromontina
  • Gold Rush F1
  • Indian Summer Mix
  • Jack be Little
  • Jaspee de Vandee
  • Kleine Warzen
  • Kronenkurbis
  • Kronenmischung
  • Lebanese
  • Maliformis
  • Mandarin
  • Olkurbis Comet
  • Olkurbis Reform
  • Patidou
  • Patisson
  • Pattypan squash
  • Petite Verte de l'Algerie
  • Pyriformis
  • Pyxidaris
  • Rankenloser Ölkürbis
  • Reticulata
  • Romanesco
  • Roter Zentner
  • Runder Nizzakürbis
  • Spaghetti squash
  • Styrian oil pumpkin
  • Tatuma (Tatume) (White Mexican squash)
  • Tschermak
  • Verrucosa
  • Verrucosissima
  • Verte d´Italia
  • Wendehals
  • White Custard
  • Winterhorn
  • Yellow summer squash
  • Zucchini

See also

References
  1. "Cucurbita (Genus)", SysTax Database for Systematics and Taxonomy, University Ulm, Ruhr-University Bochum, both in Germany, retrieved 2011-11-04
  2. "Cucurbita L.", Integrated Taxonomoic Information System, retrieved 2011-11-04
  3. Warren, Susan (2007). Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59691-278-6.
  4. Deppe, Carol (2010). The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times. Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-60358-031-1. Flat White Boer.
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