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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucurbita |
| Species: | C. argyrosperma
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| Cucurbita argyrosperma K.Koch
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Cucurbita argyrosperma, commonly known as cushaw, kershaw, or silver-seed gourd, is a species of squash grown most frequently in North and Central America, and believed to originate from southern Mexico.[3][4] This annual herbaceous plant is cultivated for its nutritional value: its flowers, shoots, and fruits are all harvested, but it is cultivated commonly in its native range for seeds.[5]
The species is believed to have originated in Mexico, from its wild sororia form.[6] The reference genome of this species was published in 2019.[7] In precolonial America, archaeological remains have been found as far northward as the Eastern Agricultural Complex.[8] The extant native range of the wild sororia type is from northern Mexico through Central America to Nicaragua, at elevations from sea level to 1,900m.[9]
The species epiphet "argyrosperma" means "silver seeds" in reference to the distinctively-colored seed margins of certain varieties. Cucurbita argyrosperma was formerly known as C. mixta.[5][10] Historically, some varieties now recognized as C. argyrosperma were assigned to Cucurbita moschata instead. A small number of true C. moschata varieties are still commonly known as cushaws.[11]
- ^ Castellanos Morales, G.; Sánchez de la Vega, G.; Aragón Cuevas, F.; Contreras, A.; Lira Saade, R. (2019). "Cucurbita argyrosperma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20742586A20755871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20742586A20755871.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ Sanjur, Oris I.; Piperno, Dolores R.; Andres, Thomas C.; Wessel-Beaver, Linda (2002). "Phylogenetic Relationships among Domesticated and Wild Species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) Inferred from a Mitochondrial Gene: Implications for Crop Plant Evolution and Areas of Origin". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (1). Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences: 535–540. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99..535S. doi:10.1073/pnas.012577299. JSTOR 3057572. PMC 117595. PMID 11782554.
- ^ "Cucurbita argyrosperma". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ^ a b Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany. 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants). New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press: 56–68. Bibcode:1990EcBot..44S..56N. doi:10.1007/BF02860475. JSTOR 4255271. S2CID 40493539.
- ^ Barrera-Redondo, Josué; Sánchez-de la Vega, Guillermo; Aguirre-Liguori, Jonás A.; Castellanos-Morales, Gabriela; Gutiérrez-Guerrero, Yocelyn T.; Aguirre-Dugua, Xitlali; Aguirre-Planter, Erika; Tenaillon, Maud I.; Lira-Saade, Rafael; Eguiarte, Luis E. (December 2021). "The domestication of Cucurbita argyrosperma as revealed by the genome of its wild relative". Horticulture Research. 8 (1): 109. Bibcode:2021HorR....8..109B. doi:10.1038/s41438-021-00544-9. PMC 8087764. PMID 33931618.
- ^ Barrera-Redondo, Josué; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Vázquez-Lobo, Alejandra; Gutiérrez-Guerrero, Yocelyn T.; Sánchez de la Vega, Guillermo; Piñero, Daniel; Montes-Hernández, Salvador; Lira-Saade, Rafael; Eguiarte, Luis E. (April 2019). "The Genome of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Silver-Seed Gourd) Reveals Faster Rates of Protein-Coding Gene and Long Noncoding RNA Turnover and Neofunctionalization within Cucurbita". Molecular Plant. 12 (4): 506–520. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2018.12.023. PMID 30630074.
- ^ Fritz, Gayle J. (1994). "Precolumbian Cucurbita argyrosperma ssp. argyrosperma (Cucurbitaceae) in the Eastern Woodlands of North America". Economic Botany. 48 (3). New York Botanical Garden Press: 280–292. Bibcode:1994EcBot..48..280F. doi:10.1007/bf02862329. JSTOR 4255642. S2CID 20262842.
- ^ Guillermo Sánchez de la Vega; Morales, Gabriela Castellanos; Flavio Aragón Cuevas (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Mexico); Rafael Lira Saade (Facuktad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM); Aremi Contreras (University of Birmingham) (2017-02-15). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cucurbita argyrosperma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Merrick, Laura C. "Characterization of Cucurbita argyrosperma, a Potential New Crop for Seed and Fruit Production". HortScience. 25 (9). American Society for Horticultural Science: 1141.
- ^ Merrick, Laura (2019-05-15). "Systematics and Evolution of a Domesticated Squash, Curcubita argyrosperma, and Its Wild and Weedy Relatives". Biology and Utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. Cornell University Press. pp. 77–95. ISBN 978-1-5017-4544-7. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctvr7f7q4.11.