Cucurbita melopepo Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1010. 1753.

"Habitat - - - - –” RCN: 7326.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XVII: 100 (UPS); [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 224. 1651.

Current name: Cucurbita pepo L. var. melopepo (L.) Alef. ( Cucurbitaceae).

Note: See Bailey (in Gentes Herb. 2: 79. 1929), who reproduced the protologue, and (as f. 40) the cited Bauhin & Cherler figure.