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Seeds and Species Identification
I’ve been struggling with species identification of squash. The scientific literature is conflicting, but seed morphology seems like it deserves more attention. Russell (1924) had an excellent paper on this, part of which is posted below my own collection of seed images. Names in green are correctly identified (naming follows Kates, Soltis, and Soltis 2017). Names in red I have questions about.