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Details for: PI 500325,
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
194
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
16 May 1981.
Zambia
Locality:
Nakatongo, Kalabo District, Western Province
Coordinates:
-15.0667, 22.6833
(Map it)
Donated
November 1981.
Italy
Comment:
Received through Intern. Board for Pl. Genetic Resources (IBPGR), Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Mahle, W., Mount Makulu Research Station
Mehra, K.L., International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Mulega, G., Mount Makulu Research Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Local name Mahapu.
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
10675
Place of publication:
Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.
Comment:
the basionym
Momordica lanata
Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 14.4)
Citrullus battich
Forssk., nom. rej.
Verified:
03/13/2019
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var.
cordophanus
Fursa
(0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var.
lanatus
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica lanata
Thunb.
Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis
Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
vulgaris
(Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris
Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris
Schrad. var.
vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus
(L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Afghan-melon
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
bastard-melon
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
dessert watermelon
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English
watermelon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
melon d'eau
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
uses for cultivated watermelon as
Citrullus lanatus
subsp.
lanatus
French
pastèque
2
Nuez, F. et al.
1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32.
Note:
adopts for cultivated watermelon as
Citrullus lanatus
subsp.
lanatus
German
Wassermelone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italian
anguria
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
suika
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese
melancia
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
uses for cultivated watermelon as
Citrullus lanatus
subsp.
lanatus
Spanish
albudeca
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
uses for cultivated watermelon as
Citrullus lanatus
subsp.
lanatus
Spanish
sandía
2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish
vattenmelon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
xi gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
subag
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
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