I agree with @carloserp-2000! The pictures are amazing and illustrate nicely the text. On my side, I will never look at the squash growing at home in the same way (they features things similar to what is exposed here, if I am not mistaking myself ;)
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Greetings @lemouth, thank you for visiting the blog. In fact, our way of observing plants changes when we manage to interpret the physiological responses involved in the movements and survival strategies employed by plants.
The plants you have in your house probably belong to the same biological taxon. However, Cucurbita maxima receives multiple common names, in the case of South America the most common are Auyama, Calabacin, or Zapallo, while in North America and Europe, it is identified by Calabaza, however, although in most cases it is of the same genus (Cucurbita), this does not mean that it is the same species, since Cucurbita maxima is often confused with Cucurbita pepo, and Cucurbita moschata.
Thanks for the clarifications. So probably the same class of species, but not more. Is that correct?
Right, to the same taxon at the gender level, i.e., the Cucurbita group.
If the plants in your house have similar characteristics to those described in this post, their taxonomic location is something like this:
Kingdom: Plant
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopside
The family: Cucurbitaceae
Gender: Cucurbita
Species: ?
To identify the species, you can send photos of the leaves and fruits.
I will do that tomorrow. Unfortunately, they are not in a great shape... They got some rain and seem to struggle since then... :/