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Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita

not marked as a favorite taxon Cucurbita melopepo Linnaeus var. ozarkana (D.S. Decker) Nesom. Common name: Ozark Squash. Habitat: Bottomlands, fields. Distribution: IL and MO south to c. AR and e. OK. Also in n. IL in the Chicago area (Kartesz (2022), probably by introduction.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = Cucurbita melopepo L. ssp. texana (Scheele) G.L.Nesom var. ozarkana (D.S.Decker) G.L.Nesom — FNA6, K4, Castellanos-Morales et al (2018), Nesom (2011b); = Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. ovifera (L.) D.S.Decker var. ozarkana D.S.Decker — Ar; = Cucurbita pepo L. var. ozarkana D.S.Decker — NS; = n/a — C, Il. Basionym: Cucurbita pepo L. var. ozarkana D.S.Decker 1993

Links to other floras: = Cucurbita melopepo ssp. texana var. ozarkana - FNA6

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