Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

CUCURBITACEAE

- Cucumber family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Nomencl. ref.: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 3(3): 435 (1930)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Bottle gourd

English name: bottle gourd

English name: calabash

Spanish name: guiro amargo

French name: gourde bouteille

Italian name: Zucca da fiaschi

German name: Kalebasse

Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Cucurbita lagenaria L.
= Cucurbita siceraria Molina
= Lagenaria leucantha Rusby
= Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. ssp. asiatica (Kobiakova) Heiser

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Lagenaria
Species:

Page counter: 2638 ( AVG: 221.85 / 290.709 )

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Lagenaria siceraria
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ravello, margini del centro abitato, SA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Lagenaria siceraria
Fruit at Maui County Fair Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Lagenaria siceraria
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Lagenaria siceraria
Fruiting habit at Native Nursery Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Gourds at Maui Nui Botanica Gardens Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Gourd at Maui County Fair Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Varieties displayed at Maui County Fair Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Lagenaria siceraria
Fruit and leaves at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Gourd at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Lagenaria siceraria
Flower and leaves at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Lagenaria siceraria
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MO, MS, NC, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
Map for Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. ssp. asiatica (Kobiakova) Heiser [395]
2) Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. [170]
3) Lagenifera erici Forbes [173]
4) Lagenifera maviensis H. Mann [148]
5) Lagenophora viridis H. St. John [138]
6) Lagetta lintearia Lam. [145]
7) Lagotis glauca Gaertn. ssp. minor (Willd.) Hultén [145]
8) Lagurus cylindricus L. [306]
9) Lamium amplexicaule L. [2518]
10) Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara [352]

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