Details for: PI 674463, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, 'Moon and Stars (Van Doren)'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Moon and Stars (Van Doren)'
Origin:
Donated – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Moon and Stars (Van Doren)'
Origin:
Donated – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
15 March 2004.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Moon and Stars (Van Doren)'
Type: Cultivar name

266
Type: Donor identifier

Grif 15942
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative
Medium-sized oval dark green fruits are covered with pea-sized bright yellow "stars" and usually one larger "moon." Fruits have sweet pink flesh and brown seeds. Foliage spotted. Maturity 88 - 90 days.
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.
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Pedigree
Description:
Members of the Seed Savers Exchange rediscovered this watermelon on Merle Van Doren's farm near Macon, Missouri, where it had been brought from Tennessee.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEAnthracnose race 1 Growth ChamberResistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber3 - (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 2 Green HouseResistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 674463 or SDNot Available