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Details for: PI 273655,
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
maxima
, 2121
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
maxima
Top Name:
2121
Origin:
Collected – Eritrea
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
04 Apr 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
169
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Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
maxima
Top Name:
2121
Origin:
Collected – Eritrea
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
04 Apr 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE 04 April 1961.
Eritrea
Locality:
Asmara spice market.
Collector(s):
Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS
Donated
04 April 1961.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
2121
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subspp.
maxima
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
311569
Comment:
or
Cucurbita maxima
Banana, Hubbard, Mammoth, and Turban Groups
Verified:
06/19/1991
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne
(831 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
andreana
(Naudin) Filov
(6 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne var.
maxima
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne var.
turbaniformis
(M. Roem.) L. H. Bailey
Cucurbita turbaniformis
M. Roem.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
banana squash
1
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):55-68.
English
buttercup squash
1
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):55-68.
English
giant pumpkin
1
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):55-68.
English
Hubbard squash
1
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):55-68.
English
mammoth pumpkin
1
Savage, J. A. et al.
2015. The making of giant pumpkins: how selective breeding changed the phloem of
Cucurbita maxima
from source to sink. Plant Cell Environm. 38:1543-1554.
DOI:
10.1111/pce.12502
.
Note:
this study examined vascular anatomy and physiology of three varieties (Atlantic giants, Mammoths and Hubbard) of
Cucurbita maxima
to elucidate fruit growth limits
English
turban squash
1
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):55-68.
English
winter squash
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
courge commune
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
giraumon
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
pâtisson
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
potiron
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Riesenkürbis
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
abóbora-moranga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
calabaza amarilla
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
zapallo
2
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish (Peru)
loche
2
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
29 Aug 2002, from
Cucurbita pepo
L. to
Cucurbita maxima
Duchesne subsp.
maxima
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Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS
SUSCEPTABILITY TO CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS (CMV)
3 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
DISEASE
WATERMELON MOSAIC
SUSCEPTABILITY TO MOSAIC (WATERMELON).
2 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
DISEASE
POWDERY MILDEW
SUSCEPTABILITY TO POWDERY MILDEW
1 - SLIGHT
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HABIT
GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT
2 - VINE
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
GROWTH
UNIFORMITY
UNIFORMITY
8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT VIGOR
PLANT VIGOR
8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
FLESH COLOR
4 - MEDIUM ORANGE
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH DEPTH
DEPTH OF FLESH IN CM.
2.3
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
COLOR OF THE FRUIT.
1 - GRAY
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
DIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CM.
25
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
LENGTH OF FRUIT IN CM.
20
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT RIBBING
FRUIT RIBBING
2 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SPOTTING
FRUIT SPOTTING
2 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
DAYS TO POLLINATION
NUMBER OF DAYS FROM TRANSPLANTING IN FIELD TO DATE OF FIRST POLLINATION (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE).
65
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available
PRODUCTION
FRUIT SET
FRUIT SET
8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)
NE9.SQUASH.80
Not Available