Difference between revisions of "Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana"

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Phytoneuron 2011-13: 24. 2011.

Endemic
Basionym: Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana D. S. Decker J. Ethnobiol. 13: 69. 1993
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Revision as of 22:47, 16 December 2019

Pepos usually solid ivory, sometimes green and white striped, usually not yellow or orange. Seeds: germination within 1–4 days.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Stream banks, gravel bars, bottomland forests, soybean, corn, and cotton fields, old fields, fencerows, railroad rights-of-way, roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation: 20–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Okla.

Discussion

Variety ozarkana occurs in the central Mississippi valley and the Ozark Plateau. Populations in Alabama were included in var. ozarkana by C. W. Cowan and B. D. Smith (1993), but their evolutionary status was considered uncertain by D. S. Decker et al. (1993).

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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