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First Known Image of Cucurbita in Europe, 1503–1508

2006; Oxford University Press; Volume: 98; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aob/mcl082

1095-8290

Harry S. Paris, Marie‐Christine Daunay, Michel Pitrat, Jules Janick,

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• Background The genus Cucurbita (pumpkin, squash, gourd) is native to the Americas and diffused to other continents subsequent to the European contact in 1492. For many years, the earliest images of this genus in Europe that were known to cucurbit specialists were the two illustrations of C. pepo pumpkins that were published in Fuchs' De Historia Stirpium, 1542. Images of fruits of two Cucurbita species, drawn between 1515 and 1518, were recently discovered in the Villa Farnesina in Rome.