Details for: PI 539590, Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L., 'BESSIE'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Cultivar:

'BESSIE'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1927

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		PI 539590 PL
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	PI 539590 CVC PL

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/louisianas_laws_and_regulations_npb_website_april_2023_tp.pdf

USA – Louisiana (as Citrus sinensis; see state regulation: Citrus Canker Quarantine)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (as "Citrus sinensis"; See state regulation: Caribbean Fruit Fly)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Cultivar:

'BESSIE'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1927

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 January 1927.
California, United States
Comment: Citrus and Citrus relative accessions at the Repository in Riverside without PI numbers.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'BESSIE'

Type: Cultivar name

Bessie

Type: Local name

RCRC 1693

Type: Donor identifier

Narrative

Seedling yellows removed by thermotherapy 1985. Typical mid-season, seedy sweet orange. This and CRC 245 appear alike.

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10689

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:783. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358804

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/06/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrus ×aurantium L. (134 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. aurantium (5 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. chrysocarpa (Hassk.) ined. (88 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. racemosa (Risso) ined. (75 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus ×macracantha Hassk.
Citrus genshokan (Hayata) hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus iyo hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus nobilis Lour. var. genshokan Hayata
Citrus tengu hort. ex Tanaka

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	blood orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	navel orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	orange		1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	sweet orange		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	Valencia orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Dutch	Sinaasappel		2	Staten, S. 2006. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
French	navel		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
French	orange douce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
French	oranger		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
French	oranger doux		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
French	sanguine		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
German	Apfelsine		2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Apfelsinenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Orange		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Orangenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Italian	arancio dolce		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Japanese Rōmaji	iyo-kan	as Citrus iyo	2	Nito, N. et al. 2007. Germplasm conservation of indigenous Citrus. Acta Hort. 760:105-108. Note: as Citrus iyo
Portuguese	laranja-doce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese	laranjeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese	laranjeira-doce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-amarga		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-azeda		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-bigarade		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-da-terra		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-de-sevilha		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanish	naranja		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanish	naranjo duce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Chinese	tian cheng		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Korean	danggyulnamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:91. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 06 Mar 2020, from Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck to Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Availability
GROWTH	Tree habit	General growth habit of tree.	1 - upright	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree shape	General shape of tree.	2 - spheroid	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree vigor	General vigor of tree.	2 - medium	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Vegetative Life Cycle	Evergreen vs. deciduous .	1 - evergreen	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot tip color	Color of shoot tip.	1 - green	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf type	Leaf type .	1 - simple	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of leaves.	1 - elliptic	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf form	Ratio of petiole to lamina.	2 - brevipetiolate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf margin	Type of leaf margin.	1 - crenate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Petiole wing shape	Shape of petiole wing.	3 - obovate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Length of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	6.2	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	6.4	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit	Shape of fruit	1 - spheroid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit apex	Blossom end	3 - convex	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit base	Stem end	4 - truncate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of fruit	At maturity	6 - orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Epicarp surface texture	Epicarp surface texture	3 - papillate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Adherence of epicarp	Adherence to mesocarp	3 - strong	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Thickness of mesocarp	Measured in mm	3	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of oil glands	Nature of oil glands	2 - conspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	11	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of segment membranes	Nature of segment membranes	2 - fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at maturity	Physiological maturity	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at full ripeness	Fruit axis at full ripeness	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of pulp	Color of pulp	4 - pale orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Texture of pulp	Texture of pulp	1 - fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Aroma of juice	Aroma of juice	1 - weak	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	3 - 3 to 10	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	3 - pale orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available