Skip to main content
Skip to site map
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
0
Cart
Welcome!
***THIS IS A TESTING SITE ONLY.***
Please do not place germplasm orders on this site.
GRIN-Global
Menu
USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Version:
2.3.12 [npgstest -- bhunt2312-0204]
Menu
Accessions
Descriptors
Reports
GRIN Taxonomy
Search Taxonomy
Crop Wild Relative Data
Nodulation Data
Regulations
World Economic Plants
About GRIN Taxonomy
GRIN
USDA Genetic Resource Collections
About GRIN-Global
Use of Cookies
NPGS Distribution Policy
Software Disclaimer
GRIN-U
Help
Contact Us
Your Profile
Your Profile
Your Web Request History
Your Address Book
Your Wish List
Details for: PI 593343,
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, ZWRM 9
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
ZWRM 9
Origin:
Donated – Shanghai Shi, China
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Images
(3
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
ZWRM 9
Origin:
Donated – Shanghai Shi, China
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
14 July 1994.
Shanghai Shi, China
Donor(s):
Zhang, Guolian
21 February 1995.
North Carolina, United States
Donor(s):
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Rhodes, Bill, Clemson University
Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University
Zhang, Xingping, Clemson University
Accession Names and Identifiers
ZWRM 9
Type: Collector identifier
#0263
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
100-400 tan with black tip seed. Fruit oblong, light-green skin color, red flesh. Early, good quality, easy fruit-set under humid conditions.
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.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
25 Aug 2015, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
to
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
10 Jun 1997, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
MORPHOLOGY
Background color
Fruit rind background color
1 - Light Green
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Background color
Fruit rind background color
1 - Light Green
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit color pattern
Color pattern of fruit rind
3 - Variable
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flesh color
Color of ripe fruit flesh
1 - Red
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flesh color
Color of ripe fruit flesh
2 - Pink
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit diameter
Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters
18
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit diameter
Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters
18
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit length
Fruit length in centimeters
29
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit length
Fruit length in centimeters
34
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit shape
General fruit shape
3 - Oblong
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit shape
General fruit shape
3 - Oblong
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Rind stripe color
Color of rind stripes
2 - Medium Green
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Rind stripe color
Color of rind stripes
2 - Medium Green
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Relative time of maturation
8 - Late Season
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Fruit weight
Fruit weight measured in kilograms
29.7
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Fruit weight
Fruit weight measured in kilograms
4.9
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
QUALITY
Brix
Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer
3.80
WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003
PI 593343 02 SD
Not Available
QUALITY
Brix
Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer
8.10
WATERMELON.1998
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Fruit-Plant - Image of fruit and/or plant
WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Fruitxsect - Image of fruit cross section
WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Seed - Image of seed
WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED
PI 593343 01 SD
Not Available