Cucurbita pepo
Winter Squash
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne Species
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- Botanical name
- Cucurbita maxima
- Also known as
- Atlantic Giant Pumpkin, Banana Squash, Buttercup Squash, Great Pumpkin, Hokkaido Squash, Hubbard Squash, Mammoth Pumpkin, Pumkin, Pumpkin, Queensland Blue Squash, Red Gourd, Squash, Winter Marrow, Winter Squash
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Winter Squash
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cucurbita maxima but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cucumis rapallito
Cucumis zapallito
Cucurbita farinae
Cucurbita maxima subsp. maxima
Cucurbita maxima var. boliviana
Cucurbita maxima var. chiloensis
Cucurbita maxima var. triloba
Cucurbita maxima var. turgida
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito
Cucurbita maxima var. zipinka
Cucurbita pepo var. maxima
Cucurbita pileiformis
Cucurbita rapallito
Cucurbita sulcata
Cucurbita turbaniformis
Cucurbita turbaniformis var. chiloensis
Cucurbita zapallito
Pepo maximus
Pileocalyx elegans
Others in Cucurbita
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