Details for: PI 299569, Cucumis africanus L. f., 244


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis africanus L. f.
Top Name:
244
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 299569 91ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis africanus L. f.
Top Name:
244
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
April 1964.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: 5 miles north of Pretoria, Hwy. N1.
Coordinates: -25.7500, 28.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 1478m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description: Rocky, gravely soil, open grassland roadside.
Comment: Collected Fbruary to April 1964.
Collector(s):
Donated
31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
244
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Local name: wild cucumber, bitter cucumber. Fruits bicolored when immature, light yellow when ripe, 1.5 by 2 inches; spines short, dull. Recieved as C. zeyheri, re-id to C. africanus per QS29.
Cucumis africanus L. f.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12544
Place of publication:

Suppl. pl. 423. 1782 ("1781")
Verified:
02/05/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis hookeri Naudin

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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEGUMMY STEM BLIGHTRESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD) MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GHPI 299569 91ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.39 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299569 84ncni01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.6 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299569 91ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.67 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299569 83ncni01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT1.85 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299569 87ncso01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT2.01 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299569 87ncsi01 SDNot Available