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Details for: PI 73111,
Aframomum melegueta
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Aframomum melegueta
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
Origin:
Collected – Ghana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
09 May 1927
PI Assigned:
1927
Inventory Volume:
91
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Aframomum melegueta
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
Origin:
Collected – Ghana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
09 May 1927
PI Assigned:
1927
Source History
Collected
Ghana
Locality:
Aburi
Comment:
Allison V. Armour Expedition
Collector(s):
Fairchild, David Grandison, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Aframomum melegueta
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
Genus:
Aframomum
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
101012
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. IV. 46(Heft 20):204. 1904
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16815241
Verified:
11/30/2017
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum melegueta
Roscoe
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
alligator-pepper
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
grains-of-paradise
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English
Guinea-grains
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
Guinea-pepper
1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English
melegueta-pepper
1
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
French
graines de paradis
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
maniguette
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
melegueta
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German
Malagettapfeffer
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Paradieskörner
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish
malagueta
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
paradiskorn
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
22 May 2007, from
Amomum melegueta
Roscoe to
Aframomum melegueta
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
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