Cucurbita moschata (binomen ab Antonio Nicolao Duchesne anno 1786 statutum) est species plantarum sub climate tropico in America aut media aut australi orta, ibi et alibi propter fructus edules culta.
Thomas W. Whitaker, W. P. Bemis, "Origin and Evolution of the Cultivated Cucurbita" in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club vol. 102 (1975) pp. 362-368 JSTOR