''Cucurbita pepo'' is a cultivated plant of the genus ''Cucurbita''. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to ''Cucurbita pepo'' subsp. ''pepo'', called summer squash.
It has been domesticated in the New World for thousands of years. Some authors maintain that ''C. pepo'' is derived from ''C. texana'', while others suggest that ''C. texana'' is merely feral ''C. pepo''. They have a wide variety of uses, especially as a food source and.. more
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Uploaded Jul 7, 2015. Captured Jul 5, 2015 09:29.
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Please take some time to read it, to truly understand what a species is. A Pumpkin Blossom is not a species, it is a part of the plant, one of several species. Posted 10 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
And it is ok to be wrong, but let's first check our own work before we point the blame incorrectly to something else. Posted 10 years ago
Allow me to respond: you're engaging in childish behavior. You have a long history here of wrong identifications. I don't mind that. Most of us are not biologists, and many members here had to learn what a species is, how they are classified, and how to identify them.
People like me and wildflower jump in to correct wrong species identifications to make JungleDragon better. It is also a learning opportunity for members. I have been corrected hundreds of times here, and I have taken those lessons into my own identifications, to become better at it.
A species correction is not a personal attack or somebody interfering, it is somebody HELPING. And it takes a lot of effort and time from volunteers to do so. You seem to ignore the help or even see it as an insult, despite being clearly wrong.
It is OK to be wrong. It is not OK to insist that you're right when you're clearly wrong. It is not OK to attack helpful volunteers who are trying to help with petty remarks.
Your photos are fine, yet you are absolutely horrible at identifying the species on them. Acknowledge that and allow us to help improve it, it's how this community works.
You have a choice to make, between a path of being open, constructive, mature and learning a lot about nature, or a path of ignorance and childish behavior. I hope you choose wisely. Posted 10 years ago