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Details for: PI 320052,
Cucumis anguria
L.
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Origin:
Collected – Ethiopia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
10 May 1967
PI Assigned:
1967
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
175
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 320052 87ncsi51 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Origin:
Collected – Ethiopia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
10 May 1967
PI Assigned:
1967
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 10 May 1967.
Ethiopia
Donated
10 May 1967.
New York, United States
Donor(s):
Northeast Regional PI Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
West Indian Gherkin. Annual; vine; 160 inches high by 36 inches wide. Flowers yellow. Fruit light green turning bright yellow when mature. Fruit ovate, 2.5 by 1.75 inches, spiny with recurved small spines at apex of larger spine.
Cucumis anguria
L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12546
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359032
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/07/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
anguria
(10 active accession[s])
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
(23 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
West Indian gherkin
1
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)
cornichão-das-antilhas
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe-bravo
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe-do-mato
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pepino-castanha
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pepino-espinhoso
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
pepino cimarrón
2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish (Guatemala)
sandía de ratón
2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish
anguriagurka
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
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
Matsumoto, Y., T. Ogawara, M. Miyagi, N. Watanabe, & T. Kuboyama.
2011. Response of Wild
Cucumis
Species to Inoculation with
Fusarium oxysporum
f. sp.
melonis
Race 1,2y. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80(4):414-419.
DOI:
10.2503/jjshs1.80.414
.
Number of accessions cited:
68
Staub, J.E. & M.J. Palmer.
1987.
Resistance to Downy Mildew [
Pseudoperonospora cubensis
(Berk. & Curt.) Rostow.] and Scab (Spot Rot) [
Cladosporium cucumerinum
Ellis & Arthur] in
Cucumis
spp.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 10:21-23.
Note:
Table 1
Number of accessions cited:
51
Staub, J.E., R. Kane & A.M. Braunschweig.
1986.
Differences in Net Apparent Photosynthetic Rates and Chlorophyll Content Among and Between
Cucumis anguria
var.
anguria
and var.
longipes
Meeuse.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 9:24-26.
Note:
Table 1. Reported as C. anguria var anguria. Correct accession C. anguria
Number of accessions cited:
13
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.61
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 320052 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.61
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 320052 87ncsi51 SD