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Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. sororia (L.H. Bailey) Merrick and Bates Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. pepo Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. fraterna (Bailey) Andres Cucurbitaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico

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Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma. Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber; Cucurbita moschata argyrosperma Naudin; Cucurbita mixta Pang.; Cucurbita mixta Pang. var. cyanoperizona Pang.; Cucurbita mixta Pang. var. stenosperma Pang.; Cucurbita mixta Pang. gr. var cyanoperizona (Pang.) Zhit.; Cucurbita mixta Pang. gr. var. stenosperma (Pang.) Zhit.; Cucurbita argyrosperma Hort. ex L.H. Bailey; Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma var. argyrosperma sensu Merrick and Bates; Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma var. stenosperma (Pang.) Merrick and Bates; and Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma var. callicarpa Merrick and Bates

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Lira, R., Eguiarte, L.E., Montes-Hernández, S., Rodríguez-Arévalo, I. (2022). Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. argyrosperma Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ssp. sororia (L.H. Bailey) Merrick and Bates Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. pepo Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. fraterna (Bailey) Andres Cucurbitaceae. In: Casas, A., Blancas Vázquez, J.J. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77089-5_35-1

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