Details for: PI 115935, Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin, Kakri


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin
Top Name:
Kakri
Origin:
Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 May 1936
PI Assigned:
1936
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin
Top Name:
Kakri
Origin:
Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 May 1936
PI Assigned:
1936
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
27 March 1936.
Uttar Pradesh, India
Locality: Agra, United Provinces.
Comment: 0.46m long white when ripe
Collector(s):
Donated
06 May 1936.
Maryland, United States

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

No. 403
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Said to be 18 inches long and white when ripe; eaten raw and cooked. Originally received as Cucumis sativus.
Cucumis melo L. subspp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12569
Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:63. 1859
Comment:
or Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group
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 (3056 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser. (21 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
Basionym
Cucumis flexuosus L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishArmenian cucumber  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishserpent melon as Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group
Englishsnake melon  1Munger, H. M. & R. W. Robinson. 1991. Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 14:44.
Germanarmenische Melone as Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340. Note: treats as Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 14 Sep 2009, from Cucumis sativus L. to Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin
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Citations
  • Dhillon, N., A. Monforte, M. Pitrat, S. Pandey, P. Singh, K. Reitsma, J. Garcia-Mas, A. Sharma & J. McCreight. 2011. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 35:85-150 DOI: 10.1002/9781118100509.ch3. . Number of accessions cited: 44
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