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Details for: PI 442176,
Cucumis anguria
L., K7922-186
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
K7922-186
Origin:
Collected – Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Inventory Volume:
188
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
K7922-186
Origin:
Collected – Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1979
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
31 October 1979.
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico
Locality:
Cornfield, Cerro Alto, Mun. Cuitlauhuac, Veracruz, Carretera 150
Collector(s):
Knight, Jr., Robert J., USDA, ARS
Whitaker, T.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Donated
November 1979.
Florida, United States
Donor(s):
Knight, Jr., Robert J., USDA, ARS
Whitaker, T.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Accession Names and Identifiers
K7922-186
Type: Collector identifier
RK 1079
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Vine, small. Stems slender. Fruit light green, covered with tuberculate spines, 4cm long, 2.5cm diam. Placenta solid. Peduncle long, 6cm. 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
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
0.58
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 442176 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available