Details for: Ames 27798, Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin, JEWM 031


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Top Name:
JEWM 031
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 May 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Top Name:
JEWM 031
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 May 2005
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.
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):
17 May 2005.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
JEWM 031
Type: Collector identifier
USDA collection expedition to South Africa.
Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University

Ames 27798
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Separation from Ames 23546
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: AMES.PI.SEPARATIONS
ID indicating a separation from another accession

Narrative
Attempted to separate C. myriocarpus from Ames 23546 C. anguria. Could not separate, so maintain Ames 23546 as Cucumis sp. - a mixture of the two species.
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12576
Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:22. 1859
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. leptodermis (Schweick.) C. Jeffrey & P. Halliday (2 active accession[s])
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. myriocarpus (6 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgooseberry cucumber  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishgooseberry melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Swedishkrusbärsgurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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