Details for: PI 282549, Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz, 'Bicolor Pear'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz

Cultivar:

'Bicolor Pear'

Origin:

Collected – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Aug 1962

PI Assigned:

1962

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Inventory Volume:

170
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz

Cultivar:

'Bicolor Pear'

Origin:

Collected – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Aug 1962

PI Assigned:

1962

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Source History

Collected

Massachusetts, United States

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Bicolor Pear'

Type: Cultivar name

V-199NT; Lot No. 77296; from Eastern States Farmers Exchange

GC-68

Type: Collector identifier

GC = O. Shifriss gourd collection number.

Narrative

Presented by the Eastern States Farmers Exchange, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Cultivated. Seed packet of 'Bicolor Pear', V-199NT, Lot No. 77296. Formerly from a Pennsylvania farm. Vendor: Vilmorin. Characteristics: similar to Striped Pear, but the stem end half is striped in shades of yellow and the blossom end in greens; Ringed Pear is a variant where the green portion forms only a ring instenad of covering half the fruit. 1885.

Cucurbita pepo L. subspp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

12607

Place of publication:

Landw. Samenk. 2:819. 1885 (L. H. Bailey, Stand. cycl. hort. 1:910. 1930)

Comment:

or Cucurbita pepo Acorn, Crookneck, Ornamental Gourd, Scallop, and Straightneck Groups
probably not the oldest varietal name
Alefeld (Landw. Fl. 222. 1866) published this as a "var.-gr.", which is not the rank of variety

Verified:

05/15/1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Cucurbita pepo L. (1019 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Cucurbita ovifera L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita pepo L. var. melopepo (L.) Harz
Cucurbita pepo L. var. patisson Filov, nom. nud.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	acorn squash	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
English	fordhook squash	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
English	ornamental gourd	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
English	pattypan squash	1	Paris, H. S. 1986. A proposed subspecific classification for Cucurbita pepo. Phytologia 61:135.
English	scallop squash	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
English	straightneck squash	1	Decker, D. S. & H. D. Wilson. 1986. Numerical analysis of seed morphology in Cucurbita pepo. Syst. Bot. 11:596. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
English	summer crookneck squash	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
English	table queen squash	1	Decker, D. S. 1988. Origin(s), evolution, and systematics of Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 42:12.
Japanese Rōmaji	kazari-kabocha	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.

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