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What does the gourd name cucurbita include?

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The pumpkin , the vegetable marrow, and the summer squashes (all varieties of C. pepo ); the winter squashes (varieties of C. maxima ); and the crooknecks and the cheese pumpkin (varieties of C. moschata ).

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