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Herbarium specimen: Cucurbita pepo

Taxon:Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita pepo L. ("Marrow")
Collected by:John B Nelson
Collection date:16/10/1979
Locality:Florida (USA), Jefferson County, Tallahassee, Vacant lot (former house site), W. Jefferson Street.
Institution:Florida State University (FSU)
Accession number:91307
Image:Cucurbita pepo herbarium specimen from Tallahassee, Jefferson County in 1979 by John B Nelson.
collector's number:1410
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Flowers light yellow, very few opened; plants several, more or less radiating from a central point; stems weakly rooted at distal nodes; fruits few, the largest one striped green, a flattened ovoid, 7.5 cm thick, 11.5 cm diameter.

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Documented by johned on 28th August 2015.

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