Details for: PI 299574, Cucurbita pepo L., Marrow


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Top Name:
Marrow
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 299574 96ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Top Name:
Marrow
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
February 1964.
South Africa
Comment: Collected February to April 1964.
Collector(s):
Donated
31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Marrow
Type: Local name

615
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Fruits shape and size variable, with distinctive knobs, mottled green when immature, deep orange when ripe, pumpkin shaped, about 7in in diameter. South Africa's most popular variety.
Cucurbita pepo L.
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12606
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (1 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbitter bottle gourd  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Englishbush squash  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishmarrow  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchcitrouille  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Frenchcourge pepon  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
GermanGemüse-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianzucchino  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish (Mexico)calabaza  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Swedishpumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi hu lu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)ghia kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 26 Jul 1995, from Cucurbita moschata Duchesne to Cucurbita pepo L.
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Citations
  • Fassuliotis, G. 1971. Susceptibility of Cucurbita spp. to the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Pl. Dis. Reporter 55(8):666. Note: Table 1: Plant Introductions of Cucurbit spp. evaluated for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita. (Data provided by author, not published.) Number of accessions cited: 486
  • Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek . 2023. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814. Note: Supplementary material: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 1661
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.12.78 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 96ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.9.73 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 95ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.9.9 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 95ncso01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams12.78 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 96ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams9.73 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 95ncsi01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams9.9 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 299574 95ncso01 SDNot Available