Details for: PI 635644, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, PRINCETON

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Top Name:

PRINCETON

Origin:

Donated – Indiana, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1962

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 635644 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Top Name:

PRINCETON

Origin:

Donated – Indiana, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1962

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

1962.
Indiana, United States

Donor(s):

Purdue University

Accession Names and Identifiers

PRINCETON

Type: Unverified name

NSL 8612

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Melons are long with a polar/equatorial diameter of two. The avg between 20-25 lbs. Rind is a dark green or black and measures about .6 in from outer surface to first tinge of red flesh. Flesh is a pink red compared to Chareston Gray. Soluble solids in the juice avg. 10-11%. Seeds are a stippled black and brown.

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Genus:

Citrullus

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

10675

Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.

Comment:

the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.

Verified:

03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Afghan-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	bastard-melon	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	dessert watermelon	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	watermelon	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	melon d'eau	2	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
French	pastèque	2	Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
German	Wassermelone	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italian	anguria	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	suika	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	melancia	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	albudeca	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanish	sandía	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish	vattenmelon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	subag	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.BFB.2020	Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber	5 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GC.2019	Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Green House	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	3 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GH.2019	Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Field	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Field Environment	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.FIELD.2019	Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2 Green House	Resistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019	Not Available