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Details for: PI 255949,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq., Orange Rind
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Top Name:
Orange Rind
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
167
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Top Name:
Orange Rind
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 18 March 1959.
Greece
Donated
18 March 1959.
New York, United States
Donor(s):
Northeast Regional PI Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
Orange Rind
Type: Unverified name
G6671
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Narrative
Plants vigorous; vine long, late maturing; fruit oval, 9 by 5 inches, orange, grooved at stem end, no netting; excellent quality; flesh cream; seed cavity orange.
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12571
Place of publication:
Monogr. melon 173. 1832
Protologue link:
http://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN607540419/185/LOG_0013/
Comment:
or
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(151 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
(3056 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Canary melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Lim, T. K.
2012. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 210-218.
Note:
treats as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
casaba melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin; =
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
honeydew melon
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin; =
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
English
winter melon
1
Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson.
1991. Nomenclature of
Cucumis melo
L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44.
Note:
lists as var.
inodorus
Naudin
German
Honig-Melone
as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Note:
treats as
Cucumis melo
Inodorus Group
Name
References
Annotations
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
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
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OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 255949 87ncso01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
4.72
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 255949 87ncso01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
4.81
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 255949 99ncai01 SD
Not Available