Summer Squash

Cucurbita pepo

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Tree

Pumpkin

AKA: wild cherry, gean, or bird cherry

Marrow
Pattypan Squash

AKA: scallop squash, peter pan squash, sunburst squash, granny squash, custard marrow, custard squash, white squash, button squash, scallopini, or simply “squash”

Can be white, yellow or green

Spaghetti Squash

AKA: vegetable spaghetti

Can be ivory, yellow or orange

Pumpkin Seed

AKA: squash seed or pepita

Courgette

AKA: zucchini or baby marrow

Yellow Squash

AKA: Straightneck squash

Crookneck Squash

AKA: yellow crookneck

Courgette


The Cucurbitaceae Family

a family of flowering plants
AKA: cucurbits or the gourd family


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids   Order: Cucurbitales