American Pumpkin vs black-calabash

Cucurbita pepo compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Cucurbita	Amphitecna
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

American Pumpkin and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia