Details for: PI 635711, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, RIO GRAY


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
RIO GRAY
Origin:
Donated – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
1965
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
RIO GRAY
Origin:
Donated – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
1965
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
1965.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RIO GRAY
Type: Unverified name

NSL 34587
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Fusarium wilt resistant, sunburn resistant, blossom-end rot resistant. Strong seedling and vine vigor. Fruits round, rind is gray, and rather thin but somewhat elastic. Flesh is bright red and crisp at maturity. Flesh quality compares to Charleston Gray. Fruits smooth, and avg. 22 lbs. Maturity is 7-10 days earlier than Charleston Gray.
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfghan-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbastard-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishdessert watermelon  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishwatermelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmelon d'eau  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Frenchpastèque  2Nuez, 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
GermanWassermelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italiananguria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajisuika  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemelancia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishalbudeca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishsandía  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishvattenmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansubag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
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Pedigree
Description:
Originated from a single gray round shaped watermelon fruit found in the spring of 1958 in a commercial field of Charleston Gray in the Rio Grande City area. 8 generations were grown & selected for fruit shape, earliness, internal flesh quality and freedom from blosson-end rot.

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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseFruitxsect - Image of fruit cross section WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004 Not Available