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Details for: Grif 14218,
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin, Melocoto'n
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Taxonomy:
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Top Name:
Melocoto'n
Origin:
Collected – Guatemala
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1981
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Grif 14218 02 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Top Name:
Melocoto'n
Origin:
Collected – Guatemala
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1981
Source History
Collected
PRE March 1981.
Guatemala
Donated
20 March 1981.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Melocoto'n
Type: Local name
Ames 2271
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Grif 14218
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers
Narrative
Received from Mark Metzler. Collected by Michael Metzler in Guatemala.
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Genus:
Sicana
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
33879
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18:181, t. 8. 1862
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41588358
Verified:
04/12/2018
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucurbita odorifera
Vell.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita euodicarpa
Hassk.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
casabanana
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
cassabanana
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
musk-cucumber
1
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
French
calebasse zombi
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
coroá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
cruá
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
curuá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
curubá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
melão-caboclo
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
cohombro de olor
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Taxonomic Re-Identification:
20 Apr 1999, from
Cucurbita
spp. to
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
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