PI 296325 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Cultivar:

'Kwei Mei'

Origin:

Collected – Hong Kong

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

19 Mar 1964

PI Assigned:

1964

Inventory Volume:

172
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Cultivar:

'Kwei Mei'

Origin:

Collected – Hong Kong

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

19 Mar 1964

PI Assigned:

1964

Source History

Collected

Hong Kong

Collector(s):

Agriculture and Forestry Department

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Kwei Mei'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Genus:

Litchi

Family:

Sapindaceae

Subfamily:

Sapindoideae

Nomen number:

22399

Place of publication:

Voy. Indes orient. 2:230[quarto], 3:255[octavo], t. 129. 1782

Verified:

11/01/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Litchi chinensis Sonn. subsp. chinensis (0 active accession[s])
Litchi chinensis Sonn. subsp. philippinensis (Radlk.) Leenh. (1 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nephelium litchi Cambess.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	leechee	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	litchi	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	lychee	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	cerisier de Chine	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	litchi de Chine	2	Tindall, H. D. 1994. Sapindaceous fruits: botany and horticulture. Hort. Rev. 16:144, 145, 147, 151, 153, 161.
German	Litchi	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Litchibaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Litchipflanze	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italian	lici	2	Tindall, H. D. 1994. Sapindaceous fruits: botany and horticulture. Hort. Rev. 16:144, 145, 147, 151, 153, 161.
Portuguese	litchia	2	Tindall, H. D. 1994. Sapindaceous fruits: botany and horticulture. Hort. Rev. 16:144, 145, 147, 151, 153, 161.
Portuguese (Brazil)	lichia	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	litchi	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

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Details for: PI 296325, Litchi chinensis Sonn., 'Kwei Mei'