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Details for: PI 491203,
Ecballium elaterium
(L.) A. Rich., WP 123
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Taxonomy:
Ecballium elaterium
(L.) A. Rich.
Top Name:
WP 123
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1983
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
192
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Seed
25 count
PI 491203 85i SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ecballium elaterium
(L.) A. Rich.
Top Name:
WP 123
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1983
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
Greece
Donated
November 1983.
California, United States
Donor(s):
Provvidenti, Rosario, Cornell University
Whitaker, T.W., U.S. Horticultural Field Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
WP 123
Type: Donor identifier
Whitaker et al. T. W.
TW 0682
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Plant short branched. Fruit abundant.
Ecballium elaterium
(L.) A. Rich.
Genus:
Ecballium
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Bryonieae
Nomen number:
14775
Place of publication:
J. B. G. M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. class. hist. nat. 6:19. 1824
Verified:
05/11/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica elaterium
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
squirting-cucumber
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
momordique
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Spritzgurke
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
pepino-selvagem
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
pepinillo del diablo
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
sprutgurka
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Citations
LoPresti, E. F., V. Pan, J. Goidell, M. G. Weber, & R. Karban.
2019. Mucilage‐bound sand reduces seed predation by ants but not by reducing apparency: a field test of 53 plant species. Ecology 100:e02809.
DOI:
10.1002/ecy.2809
.
Number of accessions cited:
176
Pan, V. S., M. McMunn, R. Karban, J. Goidell, M. G. Weber, & E. F. LoPresti.
2021. Mucilage binding to ground protects seeds of many plants from harvester ants: A functional investigation. Funct. Ecol. 35: 2448-2460.
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2435.13881
.
Number of accessions cited:
176
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
1.43
W6-MISC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 491203 85i SD