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Details for: PI 273192,
Cucumis ficifolius
A. Rich., 19077
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis ficifolius
A. Rich.
Top Name:
19077
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
169
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 273192 10ncab01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis ficifolius
A. Rich.
Top Name:
19077
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 20 March 1961.
Cape Province, South Africa
Locality:
Rocky arroyo along highway, 94 miles southwest of Beaufort.
Collector(s):
Barclay, A. S., USDA, ARS
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Donated
20 March 1961.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Barclay, A. S., USDA, ARS
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
19077
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Perennial ground vine; fruits prickly, turning light yellow when ripe.
Cucumis ficifolius
A. Rich.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12554
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. abyss. 1:294. 1847-1848; t. 53. 1851?
Verified:
05/10/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis figarei
Delile ex Naudin
Cucumis figarei
Delile ex Naudin var.
figarei
Common names
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
23 Dec 2008, from
Cucumis africanus
L. f. to
Cucumis ficifolius
A. Rich.
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Citations
de Vaulx, R. D.
1979.
Pollen Germination in Interspecific Crosses Between Muskmelon and Some Wild Cucumis Species
. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 2:20-21.
Note:
Reported as C.zeyheri - correct accession is C. ficifolius.
Number of accessions cited:
4
MacCarter, L. & D. Habeck.
1974. Melon Aphid Resistance in
Cucumis
Spp. Florida Entomol. 57(2):185-204.
DOI:
10.2307/3493486
.
Number of accessions cited:
55
Pitrat, M., & R. D. de Vaulx.
1979.
Disease Resistances in Some Wild
Cucumis
Species
. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 2:44-45.
Note:
Table 1.
Number of accessions cited:
9
Staub, J. & L. Frederick.
1985.
Electrophoretic Variation Among Wild Species in the Genus
Cucumis
.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 8:22-25.
Note:
Table 1
Number of accessions cited:
29
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. africanus. Correct accession C. ficifolius
Number of accessions cited:
35
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
2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)
MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GH
PI 273192 87ncsi01 SD
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
1 - YELLOW
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
3
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
4
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
2 - OVAL
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 273192 87ncso01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE2
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 273192 87ncso01 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
1.71
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 273192 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.86
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 273192 87ncso01 SD
Not Available