Details for: PI 232072, Cucurbita pepo L., 'Little Gem'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita pepo L.

Cultivar:

'Little Gem'

Origin:

Donated – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Apr 1956

PI Assigned:

1956

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

164
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 232072 80ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita pepo L.

Cultivar:

'Little Gem'

Origin:

Donated – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Apr 1956

PI Assigned:

1956

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Donated

06 April 1956.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):

Plant Introduction Office

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Little Gem'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Fruits 3.5 inches in diameter.

Cucurbita pepo L.

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

12606

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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. ovifera (L.) Harz (1 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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	bitter bottle gourd	1	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English	bush squash	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	marrow	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	pumpkin	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	squash	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	citrouille	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French	courge pepon	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German	Gemüse-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian	zucchino	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish (Mexico)	calabaza	2	Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Swedish	pumpa	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi hu lu	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)	ghia kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUM	Maximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.	1	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT LENGTH MINIMUM	Minimum fruit length in centimeters.	4	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit length in centimeters.	6	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT WIDTH MINIMUM	Minimum fruit width in centimeters.	5	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT WIDTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit width in centimeters.	7	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH COLOR	Flesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	CR - CREAM	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SKIN TEXTURE	Texture of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	1 - SMOOTH	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SHAPE	Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	GL - GLOBE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE PATTERN	Pattern of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	SO - SOLID COLOR	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE COLOR	Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OR - ORANGE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
GROWTH	MAXIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Maximum plant vigor.	3 - MEDIUM	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
GROWTH	MINIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Minimum plant vigor.	3 - MEDIUM	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT TYPE	Plant type.	V - VINE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL		Not Available
PRODUCTION	Weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.	5.58	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 82ncno01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.	5.59	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 58ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.	5.77	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 57ncni01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds measured in grams.	5.81	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 80ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	5.58	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 82ncno01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	5.59	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 58ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	5.77	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 57ncni01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	5.81	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 232072 80ncai01 SD