Cultivar-Groups in Cucurbita maxima Duchesne: Diversity and Possible Domestication Pathways
Abstract
:1. Cucurbita
1.1. Extant Wild Species
1.2. Seed Dispersal
1.3. Anthropogenic Seed Dispersal
1.4. Domestication
1.5. Cucurbita in South America
1.6. Natural Cucurbita Pollinators in South America
1.7. Domesticated Cucurbita Species
2. Cucurbita Archeobotanics
2.1. South American Archeological Sites
2.2. Diagnostic Macroremains
3. Cultivar-Groups
3.1. Hubbard
3.2. Turban
3.3. Banana
3.4. Show
3.5. Buttercup
3.6. Nugget
3.7. Zapallito
3.8. Plomo
3.9. Moranga
3.10. Zipinka
4. Diversity and Domestication Pathways
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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López-Anido FS. Cultivar-Groups in Cucurbita maxima Duchesne: Diversity and Possible Domestication Pathways. Diversity. 2021; 13(8):354. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080354
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