Details for: PI 629106, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, 'Florida Favorite'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Florida Favorite'
Origin:
Donated – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Dec 2000
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Florida Favorite'
Origin:
Donated – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Dec 2000
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
15 December 2000.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Characteristics: 80 days to harvest; not for long distance shipping; fruit large, 25 lb., long with round ends; light green with mottled stripes of dark green; rind fairly tough; flesh dark red, crisp and sweet; seeds white.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Florida Favorite'
Type: Cultivar name

Grif 14853
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative
Heirloom watermelon cultivar. Characteristics: 80 days to harvest; excellent for the home garden or home market trade, not for long distance shipping; fruit large, 25 lb., long with round ends; light green with mottled stripes of dark green; rind fairly tough; flesh dark red, crisp and sweet; seeds white. Cucurbit Breeding
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfghan-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbastard-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishdessert watermelon  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishwatermelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmelon d'eau  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Frenchpastèque  2Nuez, 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
GermanWassermelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italiananguria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajisuika  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemelancia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishalbudeca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishsandía  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishvattenmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansubag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
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Pedigree
Description:
Parentage: Rattlesnake and Pearson

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEBacterial fruit blotchResistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).2 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.BFB.2020 Not Available
DISEASEAnthracnose race 1 Growth ChamberResistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber5 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GC.2019 Not Available
DISEASEAnthracnose race 1 Green HouseResistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House3 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GH.2019 Not Available
DISEASEAnthracnose race 1 FieldResistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Field Environment2 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.FIELD.2019 Not Available
DISEASEAnthracnose race 2 Green HouseResistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color2 - Medium Green WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind2 - Striped WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh1 - Red WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit diameterMaximum fruit diameter in centimeters19 WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit lengthFruit length in centimeters38 WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape4 - Elongate WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes3 - Dark Green WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityRelative time of maturation5 - Midseason WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFruit weightFruit weight measured in kilograms4 WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
QUALITYBrixMass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer8.00 WATERMELON.2001PI 629106 02 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 629106 02 SDNot Available