Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Cucurbita pepo L. var. medullosa Alef.
CUCURBITACEAE
Initial Editorial Analysis 13 Feb 2003
Source of Report for California  
a Best, C., J. T. Howell, W. Knight, I. Knight, and M. Wells. 1996. A Flora of Sonoma County. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
b Hrusa et al., ms later published in Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DISTRIBUTION: NCoRO.; STATUS: local escape from cultivation.; NOTES: The zucchini of commerce.
c Hrusa et al., Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DIST: NCoRO: Hrusa et al. Current Status: Casual: DOC: Sonoma Co.: Best, C., et al. (1996, pg. 118): NOTES: The zucchini of commerce escaping locally.
Initial Editorial Comments according to Source c, in California occurring as waif, escaping locally (13 Feb 2003).
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates, in a note under Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo appearing only online, that Cucurbita pepo L. var. medullosa Alef. (calabaza corriente) in California often escapes cultivation but is not naturalized [and as such should have been treated partially in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] (name in key to members of genus, but with description online only].
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, not naturalized in CA, a waif
Current Status JFP-3, accepted name for taxon occurring in CA only as a waif and/or garden escape, not naturalized
Current Status Authority Barbara Ertter, as Editor, Jepson Flora Project
Current Status Date 13 Feb 2003
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Cucurbita pepo
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Cucurbita

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