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.
- Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Essai sur l'histoire naturel des courges (1786) pp. 7, 15–16
- Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, "The Cucurbit Images (1515–1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome" in Annals of Botany vol. 97 (2006) pp. 165-176
- 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