Details for: PI 508444, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, 'Sweet gem'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Sweet gem'
Origin:
Developed – Korea, South
Received by NPGS:
24 Jun 1986
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cultivar:
'Sweet gem'
Origin:
Developed – Korea, South
Received by NPGS:
24 Jun 1986
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Developed

Korea, South

Developer(s):
Donated
24 June 1986.


Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Sweet gem'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Maturity 80 days. Fruit globular, black and green striped. Flesh bright red. Disease resistance - medium to stripe virus
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

10675
Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.
Comment:
the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.
Verified:
03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfghan-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbastard-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishdessert watermelon  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishwatermelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmelon d'eau  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Frenchpastèque  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
GermanWassermelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italiananguria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajisuika  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemelancia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishalbudeca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishsandía  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishvattenmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansubag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEBacterial fruit blotchResistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).9 - Susceptible (large lesions on cotyledon and first true leaf, or dead plant) WATERMELON.BFB.1995 Not Available
DISEASEGummy stem blight (Wehner)Resistance to gummy stem blight (Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm). Data summarized as the mean (mean of 1,325 cultigens = 4.50) and standard deviation over replications. Reported by Gusmini, Song, and Wehner, Crop Sci. 45:582-588.4.2 Excel Spreadsheet or as an HTML webpage. View summary statistics in an Excel Spreadsheet or as an HTML webpage.">WATERMELON.GSB.WEHNER.2005 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 508444 01 SDNot Available