List of gourds and squashes

This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties (cultivars) of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes. Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species:


 * C. argyrosperma
 * C. ficifolia
 * C. maxima
 * C. moschata
 * C. pepo

The entries below are predominantly based on the SysTax database. Not all have the 'accepted' status in the ITIS database.

C. argyrosperma

 * Cushaw squash

C. ficifolia

 * Fig-leaf squash

C. maxima



 * Amphora
 * Aurantiaca-Alba
 * Atlantic Giant
 * Australian Butter
 * Big Moon
 * Bleu de Hongrie
 * Blue Banana
 * Buttercup squash
 * Crown Prince
 * Flat White Boer A
 * Galeux d'Eysines
 * Gelber Zentner
 * Giraumon Turban
 * Golden Delicious
 * Golias
 * Green Hubbard
 * Grosser Gelber Zentner
 * Grosser Gruener
 * Hubbard squash
 * Kiszombori
 * Kabocha
 * Mammut
 * Marina di Chioggia
 * Massimo di Chioggia
 * Orange Früchte
 * Peruaner Kürbis
 * Prizewinner
 * Queensland Blue
 * Red kuri squash (Hokkaido)
 * Roter Zentner
 * Sweet meat
 * Tondo di Nizza
 * Triambelkürbis
 * Trombone
 * Turban squash
 * Valenciano
 * Veltruska
 * Viridi-Alba
 * Wildsippe Argentinien
 * Yellow Hubbard

C. moschata

 * Butternut squash
 * Calabaza
 * Dickinson pumpkin
 * Futsu black-rinded
 * Long Island cheese pumpkin
 * Mantelsackkürbis
 * Muscat de Provence or Musquee de Provence
 * Napolitaner Kürbis
 * Shishigatani
 * Trombolino d'Albenga
 * Zuckerkürbis aus dem Berry

C. pepo

 * Acorn squash
 * Ampullaris
 * Aurantia
 * Baby Boo
 * Big Max pumpkin
 * Black Zucchini
 * Blanche de Virginie
 * Bunter Patisson
 * Caserta
 * Casertaosa
 * Casertara
 * Casertarmis
 * Citrullina
 * Cocozelle
 * Cocozelle von Tripolis
 * Connecticut field pumpkin
 * Courgette de Nice
 * Custard White
 * Delicata squash
 * Early prolific Straightneck
 * Ex Griechenland
 * Futterkurbis Oblonga
 * Futterkurbis Pyriformis
 * Gem squash
 * Gemini F1
 * Gießener Ölkürbis
 * Giromontina
 * Gold Rush F1
 * Indian Summer Mix
 * Jack be Little
 * Jaspee de Vandee
 * Kleine Warzen
 * Kronenkurbis
 * Kronenmischung
 * Lebanese
 * Maliformis
 * Mandarin
 * Olkurbis Comet
 * Olkurbis Reform
 * Patidou
 * Patisson
 * Pattypan squash
 * Petite Verte de l'Algerie
 * Pyriformis
 * Pyxidaris
 * Rankenloser Ölkürbis
 * Reticulata
 * Romanesco
 * Roter Zentner
 * Runder Nizzakürbis
 * Spaghetti squash
 * Styrian oil pumpkin
 * Tatuma (Tatume) (White Mexican squash)
 * Tschermak
 * Verrucosa
 * Verrucosissima
 * Verte d´Italia
 * Wendehals
 * White Custard
 * Winterhorn
 * Yellow summer squash
 * Zucchini