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Details for: PI 117557,
Cucumis anguria
L., Mexixe
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
Mexixe
Origin:
Collected – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Aug 1936
PI Assigned:
1936
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Inventory Volume:
128
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria
L.
Top Name:
Mexixe
Origin:
Collected – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Aug 1936
PI Assigned:
1936
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
23 July 1936.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Locality:
Seed store in Rio de Janeiro
Collector(s):
Archer, W.A., Bureau of Plant Industry - USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
Mexixe
Type: Local name
No. 3494
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Cucumis anguria
L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12546
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359032
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/07/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
anguria
(10 active accession[s])
Cucumis anguria
L. var.
longaculeatus
J. H. Kirkbr.
(23 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
West Indian gherkin
1
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)
cornichão-das-antilhas
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe-bravo
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
maxixe-do-mato
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pepino-castanha
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pepino-espinhoso
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
pepino cimarrón
2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish (Guatemala)
sandía de ratón
2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish
anguriagurka
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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