Details for: Ames 29533, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo, King Melon


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
King Melon
Origin:
Collected – Ahal, Turkmenistan
Received by NPGS:
26 Aug 2008
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Top Name:
King Melon
Origin:
Collected – Ahal, Turkmenistan
Received by NPGS:
26 Aug 2008
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
28 July 2008.
Ahal, Turkmenistan
Locality: Tejen, Tejen District.
Coordinates: 37.3700, 60.4600 (Map it)
Elevation: 182m.
Environment description: Seasonal, roadside market.

Collector(s):
Donated
26 August 2008.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
King Melon
Type: Local name

MKDW-001
Type: Collector identifier

Ames 29533
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

JM 0708
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Reportedly resistant to melon fruit fly.
Cucumis melo L. subspp. melo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12564
Verified:
02/06/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo L. (151 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo (171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. agrestis Naudin (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. chate (Hasselq.) Sageret (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. chito (C. Morren) Naudin (1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino (3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. dudaim (L.) Naudin (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. momordica (Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. texanus Naudin (45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser. (21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin (47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. inodorus H. Jacq. (3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. var. melo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia collosa Rottler
Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
GermanMelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianmelone  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajimeron  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedishmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesetian gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanchamoe  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASEFRUIT - Image of fruit. CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUITAmes 29533 08ncao01 SDNot Available
OTHERIMAGE/PICTURE1IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASESEED - Image of seed(s) CUCUMIS.SCANNED.SEEDAmes 29533 08ncao01 SDNot Available