List of gourds and squashes

Last updated November 01, 2025

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

Cushaw squash

C. ficifolia

Fig-leaf squash

C. maxima

Buttercup squash Buttercupsquash.JPG — Buttercup squash

Amphora
Aurantiaca-Alba
Atlantic Giant ^[3]
Australian Butter
Big Moon
Bleu de Hongrie
Blue Banana
Buttercup squash
Crown Prince
Flat White Boer A^[4]
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

Green button (pattypan) squash PetitPanSquash.jpg — Green button (pattypan) squash

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

References

↑ "Cucurbita (Genus)", SysTax Database for Systematics and Taxonomy, University Ulm, Ruhr-University Bochum, both in Germany, retrieved 2011-11-04
↑ "Cucurbita L.", Integrated Taxonomoic Information System, retrieved 2011-11-04
↑ Warren, Susan (2007). Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever . Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59691-278-6.
↑ Deppe, Carol (2010). The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times . Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-60358-031-1. Flat White Boer.

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[1] "Cucurbita (Genus)", SysTax Database for Systematics and Taxonomy, University Ulm, Ruhr-University Bochum, both in Germany, retrieved 2011-11-04

[2] "Cucurbita L.", Integrated Taxonomoic Information System, retrieved 2011-11-04

[3] Warren, Susan (2007). Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever . Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59691-278-6.

[4] Deppe, Carol (2010). The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times . Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-60358-031-1. Flat White Boer.

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