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Details for: PI 249897,
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr., 'Jensen'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
Cultivar:
'Jensen'
Origin:
Collected – Namibia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
11 Aug 1958
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
166
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Form
Quantity
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Seed
50 count
PI 249897 07ncab01 SD
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(1
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
Cultivar:
'Jensen'
Origin:
Collected – Namibia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
11 Aug 1958
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 11 August 1958.
Namibia
Locality:
Origianlly from Southwest Africa (Namibia)
Donated
11 August 1958.
Transvaal, South Africa
Donor(s):
Plant Introduction Office
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Jensen'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Prostrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces, ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong 2 inches long on stout, curved peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. Originally from South West Africa.
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404384
Place of publication:
Biosyst. monogr. Cucumis 39. 1993
Verified:
02/05/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis anguria
L.
(49 active accession[s])
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
anguria
(10 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longipes
auct.
Common names
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
13 Nov 1991, from
Cucumis longipes
Hook. f. to
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longipes
auct.
Nomenclature Name Change:
05 Feb 1996, from
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longipes
auct. to
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
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Citations
Matsumoto, Y., T. Ogawara, M. Miyagi, N. Watanabe, & T. Kuboyama.
2011. Response of Wild
Cucumis
Species to Inoculation with
Fusarium oxysporum
f. sp.
melonis
Race 1,2y. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80(4):414-419.
DOI:
10.2503/jjshs1.80.414
.
Number of accessions cited:
68
Staub, J. E.
1986.
Malate Dehydrogenase Variation in African
Cucumis
species: A Testable Genetic Hypothesis
. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 9:18-23.
Note:
Table. Reported as C. anguria var longipes. Correct accession C. anguria var longaculeatus
Number of accessions cited:
35
Staub, J.E., R. Kane & A.M. Braunschweig.
1986.
Differences in Net Apparent Photosynthetic Rates and Chlorophyll Content Among and Between
Cucumis anguria
var.
anguria
and var.
longipes
Meeuse.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 9:24-26.
Note:
Table. Reported as C. anguria var longipes. Correct accession C. anguria var longaculeatus
Number of accessions cited:
13
Wechter, W. P., A., Levi, K. Ling, C. Kousik, C. Block.
2011. Identification of Resistance to
Acidovorax avenae
subsp.
citrulli
among Melon (
Cucumis
spp.) Plant Introductions. HortScience 46(2):207-212.
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI.46.2.207
.
Number of accessions cited:
327
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT
4 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)
MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GH
PI 249897 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW (PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS)
1 - RESISTANT
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
POWDERY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW (SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
MATURE FLESH COLOR
5 - WHITE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH TASTE
TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH
9 - ACID
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH THICKNESS
FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS
1
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
MATURE FRUIT COLOR
2 - ORANGE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
5
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
5
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
1 - ROUND
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SURFACE
CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE
4 - SPINED
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 249897 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION
8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS)
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.09
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 249897 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.09
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 249897 87ncsi51 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.195
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 249897 06ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.22
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 249897 07ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.29
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 249897 02ncai01 SD
Not Available