Buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Cucurbita foetidissima
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Kunth
Common names: Buffalo gourd, Missouri gourd, buffalogourd pumpkin, calabazilla, coyote melon, foetid gourd, prairie gourd, wild gourd, wild pumkin
Names in other languages (20)
Cabaça-de-búfalo, Calabacilla, Calabacilla loca, Calabacilla silvestre, Calabaza de burro, Calabaza del diablo, Courge des prairies, Prärie-Kürbis, bisonpumpa, calabacilla amarga, chilicote, daachá'is'ąąde, tekvica smradľavá, tykev smrdutá, Тыква вонючая, قرع الجاموس, قرع بري, قرع ميسوري, ฟักทองป่า, 油瓜
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Cucurbitales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Cucurbita
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: foetidissima
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Cucurbita foetidissima
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not available.

No photos have been requested for this species yet.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 5 of 5 interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is adjacent to × is eaten by ×

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interacts with 37 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Johnson Gras Sorghum halepense Poaceae	interacts with	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records 44b27b70-fc8c-11e7-ae4b-4f2a886130ec Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b2a280-fc8c-11e7-be67-af8057e9ac9a Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b0cdb6-fc8c-11e7-89e8-a77751a19300 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; E Cache Creek, at Peachtree Crossing, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b40210-fc8c-11e7-ba12-73188427eaf4 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Vance AFB; near S end of Runway 35C, Vance AFB · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b169f6-fc8c-11e7-b7d4-03e40730cefa Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Vance AFB; near S end of Runway 35C, Vance AFB · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
big bluestem Andropogon gerardii Poaceae	interacts with	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records 44b40210-fc8c-11e7-ba12-73188427eaf4 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Vance AFB; near S end of Runway 35C, Vance AFB · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44aeaacc-fc8c-11e7-b87a-afac67431dd9 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Kegelman AAF; near N end of active runway, Kegelman AAF · no date published · Preserved specimen 44b169f6-fc8c-11e7-b7d4-03e40730cefa Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Vance AFB; near S end of Runway 35C, Vance AFB · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida Asteraceae	interacts with	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records 44b27b70-fc8c-11e7-ae4b-4f2a886130ec Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b2a280-fc8c-11e7-be67-af8057e9ac9a Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b19106-fc8c-11e7-9133-ab58d4f44f8c Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Altus AFB; S side, near old corral, Altus AFB · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Hairy Finger-grass Digitaria sanguinalis Poaceae	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records 44b27b70-fc8c-11e7-ae4b-4f2a886130ec Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen 44b2a280-fc8c-11e7-be67-af8057e9ac9a Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Army Base; Feigel Point, Ft Sill Reservation, Ft Sill Army Base · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Black Rot on Cucurbits Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum Didymellaceae	is a host of	21	not compared
21 sources · 21 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=14704325 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan · July 1, 1888 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339388 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan · July 1, 1888 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan, Riley Co. · Jan. 1, 1887 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339390 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan · Aug. 23, 1887 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339391 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan, Riley Co. · Aug. 1, 1887 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339392 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan, Riley Co. · July 25, 1887 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1339393 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan · Aug. 23, 1887 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11242433 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Manhattan · Aug. 23, 1887 · Preserved specimen And 13 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
stjälkgömming Stemphylium vesicarium Pleosporaceae	is a host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3653697 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Nebraska · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
black bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopodaceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4024008 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Western Corn Rootworm Diabrotica virgifera Chrysomelidae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 3 records Wardeh, M., Risley, C., McIntyre, M. et al. Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution. Sci Data 2, 150049 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.49. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/wardeh2015/archive/90… Published in globalbioticinteractions/wardeh2015 Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Acmaeodera cazieri Buprestidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 6 records https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=729372 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Record contexts (sample): 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen; 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=729373 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Record contexts (sample): 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen; 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=729374 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Record contexts (sample): 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen; 2 mi. SW of Portal · July 19, 1964 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Diaulinopsis callichroma Eulophidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gates, M.W., Heraty, J.M., Schauff, M.E., Wagner, D.L., Whitfield, J.B. & Wahl, D.B. (2002a) Survey of the parasitic Hymenoptera on leafminers in California. <i>Journal of Hymenoptera Research</i>, 11(2), 213–270. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Thinodytes caroticus	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gates, M.W., Heraty, J.M., Schauff, M.E., Wagner, D.L., Whitfield, J.B. & Wahl, D.B. (2002a) Survey of the parasitic Hymenoptera on leafminers in California. <i>Journal of Hymenoptera Research</i>, 11(2), 213–270. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
børstemuggsoppar Doratomyces Microascaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2702062 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San Pedro Valley · Dec. 7, 1979 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Black Rot on Cucurbits Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum Didymellaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2702061 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Elfrida · Aug. 22, 1963 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Matsumurasca wolcotti Cicadellidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Young, D.A., Jr. (1953a) Empoascan leafhoppers of the <i>solana</i> group with descriptions of two new species. <i>The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico</i>, 37(2), 151–160. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.