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Details for: PI 438570,
Cucumis anguria
L., W-C 2445
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
W-C 2445
Origin:
Collected – Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
188
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 438570 87ncsi01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
W-C 2445
Origin:
Collected – Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
26 February 1979.
Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Locality:
Salama', Baja Verapaz Dept
Coordinates:
15.1333, -90.2667
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Clark, Raymond L., USDA, ARS
Winters, Harold F., USDA-ARS
Donated
December 1979.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Clark, R. L., USDA-ARS
Winters, Harold F., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
W-C 2445
Type: Collector identifier
HW 0179
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Fruit slightly spiny, 4cm long. Wild.
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
Annotations
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
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. & L. Frederick.
1985.
Electrophoretic Variation Among Wild Species in the Genus
Cucumis
.
Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 8:22-25.
Note:
Table 1
Number of accessions cited:
29
Staub, J. E.
1986.
Malate Dehydrogenase Variation in African
Cucumis
species: A Testable Genetic Hypothesis
. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 9:18-23.
Note:
Table. Reported as C. anguria var anguria. Correct accession C. anguria
Number of accessions cited:
35
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
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.42
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 438570 87ncso01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
0.63
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 438570 87ncsi01 SD