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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey - Determined By: M. Minno, 1994
Locality Florida, Lake Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Fruit dark green with pale stripes and small spots.
Habitat Bottomland hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. Minno
with M. Minno
Collection Date 15 Oct 1994
Accession Number 222235
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Vining up Melaleuca.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector K. A. Bradley 398
with S. Woodmansee, M. Bodle
Collection Date 31 Jul 1997
Accession Number 222939
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey - Determined By: M. Minno, 1997
Locality Florida, Volusia Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Vining on ground and climbing shrubs and trees.
Habitat Powerline cut through cypress [Taxodium] and hardwoods swamp at lake edge.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector M. Minno
with M. Minno
Collection Date 10 May 1997
Accession Number 222233
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State
Collector L. C. Anderson 11882
Collection Date 15 Nov 1988
Accession Number 201448
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State
Collector L. C. Anderson 11882
Collection Date 15 Nov 1988
Accession Number 201447
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. C. Anderson 11882
Collection Date 15 Nov 1988
Accession Number 201449
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Creeping.
Habitat Dry ground in Annona glabra swamp.
Reproductive State
Collector K. A. Bradley 393
with S. Woodmansee, M. Bodle
Collection Date 31 Jul 1997
Accession Number 223426
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey - Determined By: M. Minno, 1997
Locality Florida, Seminole Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Elderberry [Sambucus nigra var. canadensis] and Phragmites australis opening at edge of hardwood swamp.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector M. Minno
with M. Minno
Collection Date 27 Apr 1997
Accession Number 222234
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State
Collector W. M. Buswell
Collection Date 03 Jan 1941
Accession Number 283025
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey - Determined By: Lira, 1991-1995
Determination History
Cucurbita martinezii L. H. Bailey - Determined By: M. Nee, 1986
Locality Mexico. Veracruz , Coatepec Mun. : At bridge over Rio Pixquiac, vic. Consolapan, 3 km N of Coatpec on old road to Jalapa. 19° 29' 0" N 96° 57' 0" W
Description Common vine; only one open flower seen (early morning), odorless; corolla pale yellow; anther column yellow; young tender fruit only slihgtly bitter; larger fruits globose, 7 cm in diameter, green with pale greenish or greenish white stripes, with hard shell, the flesh extremely bitter; mature seeds gray-green.
Habitat Bosque caducifolio; coffee plantations with some native deciduous forest trees remaining, Platanus mexicana, Junglans pyriformis; in places, over shrubs.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1250 to m
Collector M. Nee
Collection Date 19 Sep 1986
Accession Number 195875
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey - Determined By: Lira, 1991-1995
Determination History
Cucurbita martinezii L. H. Bailey
Locality Mexico. Veracruz , Fortin Mun. : Fortin de las Flores. 18° 53' 60" N 97° 0' 0" W
Description Vine, wild, not cultivated; flowers nearly odorless, but with slight (especially in females) "sweet, cucumber-like" odor; corolla light yellow, the midribs yellow-green; anthers and stigma yellow; fruit still slightly soft, bitter, light green-green mottled and striped, nearly globose, the largest one 9 cm diameter, slightly longer; fruit said to have been used in poorer and more backward times for soap, not eaten because bitter.
Habitat Bosque caducifolio - selva mediana subperennifolia; ruderals in the town; over shrubs and herbs.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1400 to m
Collector M. Nee
with T. Andres
Collection Date 12 Dec 1985
Accession Number 195876
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Seminole Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Ditch bank.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. K. Taylor
with D. Young
Collection Date 11 May 2004
Accession Number 302444
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Family Name Cucurbitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) L. H. Bailey
Locality Florida, Seminole Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Ditch bank.
Reproductive State
Collector W. K. Taylor
with D. Young
Collection Date 11 May 2004
Accession Number 302443
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