Cucurbita pedatifolia

Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita.^[3][4][5] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated.^[4] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success.^[6] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita.^[7] It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans.^[6] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia.^[8] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the xerophytic Cucurbita.^[9]

Cucurbita pedatifolia
Pubescent vine of Cucurbita pedatifolia showing a forming fruit with ridges and a semi rough texture
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Cucurbita
Species:	C. pedatifolia
Binomial name
Cucurbita pedatifolia L.H.Bailey
Synonyms[2]
Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey

The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.^[3] Cucurbita moorei was at one time described as a separate species native to the vicinity of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico within Cucurbita, but now is considered a synonym for C. pedatifolia.^[4]

Cucurbita pedatifolia was first formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1948, in Gentes Herbarum.^[4]