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Cucurbita maxima
winter squash
As recorded: Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Cucurbitales › Cucurbitaceae
- Collected by
- Wong, C.C.Y.
- Collector number
- 434
- Date
- February 16, 1948
- Locality
- Yap
- Island
- Yap
- Region
- Micronesia
- Elevation
- 30 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 16, 1948, Wong, C.C.Y. also collected 11 other specimens.
Cucurbita maxima observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 321 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Waikanae, New Zealand
(c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-10-18
L21, Dellach, Kärnten, AT
(c) Oliver Stöhr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Route de Brossac, Deviat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FR
(c) Les Marches du Vivant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Route de Brossac, Deviat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FR
(c) Les Marches du Vivant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Al Haouz, MA-MK, MA
no rights reserved
2026-10-04
F7C8+9JF, Khumriyal, 193222
(c) Farhaan Rashid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cucurbita maxima. BISH 140086. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956273615. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/140086.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956273615 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026