Details for: Ames 23546, Cucumis sp., JEWM 031

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis sp.

Top Name:

JEWM 031

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		Ames 23546 09ncab01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis sp.

Top Name:

JEWM 031

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

29 April 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Near Derdepoort alongside road parallel to Marico River approx. 10 km northeast of Derdepoort/Swartruggens junction.
Coordinates: -24.6003, 26.5139 (Map it)
Elevation: 1047m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Arid Sweet Bushveld; Savanna; Roadside; Plain.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: USDA collection expedition to South Africa. 10 fruit collected. 1 plant climbing in Acacia shrub, vines already dead.
Collector(s):

Donated

13 January 1997.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

JEWM 031

Type: Collector identifier

USDA collection expedition to South Africa.

Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University

Ames 23546

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

JDM0496

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Accession is mixture of C. anguria and C. myriocarpus (species not easily separated so accession will be maintained as mixture). Original collector comment = Fruit: soft spines, 3.0 cm length X 2.9 cm diam., globular; skin: yellow, no netting; flesh: green.

Cucumis spp.

Genus:

Cucumis

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

300158

Comment:

catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Cucumis

Verified:

02/06/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 2005, from Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria to Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr.
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 16 Jan 2008, from Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. to Cucumis spp.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	0.935	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23546 03ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.02	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23546 97ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.05	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23546 03ncai02 SD	Not Available