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Details for: PI 390639,
Lepidium meyenii
Walp., Maca
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Lepidium meyenii
Walp.
Top Name:
Maca
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Sep 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
182
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 390639 05ncab01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Lepidium meyenii
Walp.
Top Name:
Maca
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Sep 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
Peru
Locality:
Seed purchased in first village along road between Junin and Cerro de Pasco; cultivated near Lake Junin for edible roots. Grown on organic soil.
Coordinates:
-10.9000, -76.0500
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Clark, Raymond L., USDA, ARS
Winters, Harold F., USDA-ARS
Donated
03 September 1974.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Clark, R. L., USDA-ARS
Winters, Harold F., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Maca
Type: Local name
W&C 0774
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Lepidium meyenii
Walp.
Genus:
Lepidium
Family:
Brassicaceae
(alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Lepidieae
Nomen number:
21767
Place of publication:
Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(suppl. 1):249. 1843
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42057239
Comment:
an octoploid without clear relationships to wild
Lepidium
Verified:
06/25/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lepidium peruvianum
G. Chacón de Popovici
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Peruvian-ginseng
1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish
maca
2
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedish
maca
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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PRODUCTION
100 Seed Weight
Weight in grams of 100 seeds
0.07
BRASSICA.INC.AMES.2004
PI 390639 04ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 Seed Weight
Weight in grams of 100 seeds
0.08
BRASSICA.INC.AMES.2004
PI 390639 04ncai02 SD
Not Available