Details for: PI 539521, Citrus reticulata Blanco, 'MURCOTT'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Cultivar:

'MURCOTT'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	PI 539521 PL

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
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USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Citrus Canker Quarantine)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (See state regulation: Caribbean Fruit Fly)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Cultivar:

'MURCOTT'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 January 1961.
California, United States
Comment: Citrus and Citrus relative accessions at the Repository in Riverside without PI numbers.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'MURCOTT'

Type: Cultivar name

Murcott, Murcott Honey, Smith

Type: Local name

RCRC 3846

Type: Donor identifier

Narrative

See The Citrus Industry, Vol 1, pp 517-18.

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10778

Place of publication:

Fl. Filip. 610. 1837

Comment:

needs a conserved type to match current use as wild species and parent of many hybrids

Verified:

01/24/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus benikoji hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus daoxianensis S. W. He & G. F. Liu
Citrus depressa Hayata var. vangasay (Bojer) H. Perrier
Citrus erythrosa hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus nobilis Andrews
Citrus vangasay Bojer

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	culate mandarin		1	Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia
English	mandarin		1	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	mandarin orange		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	mandarine orange		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Swatow orange		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	tangerine		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	mandarinier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Mandarinen		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Mandarinenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Tangerine		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
India	santara		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Italian	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	ponkan		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Korean	Kamja	as Citrus benikoji	2	Choi, S.-Y. et al. 2007. Correlation between flavonoid content and the NO production inhibitory activity of peel extracts from various Citrus fruits. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 30:772-778. Note: as Citrus benikoji
Portuguese	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	bergamota		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	tangerina		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	småcitrus		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	gan ju		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Availability
GROWTH	Tree habit	General growth habit of tree.	1 - upright	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree shape	General shape of tree.	2 - spheroid	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree vigor	General vigor of tree.	3 - high	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Vegetative Life Cycle	Evergreen vs. deciduous .	1 - evergreen	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot tip color	Color of shoot tip.	1 - green	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf type	Leaf type .	1 - simple	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of leaves.	1 - elliptic	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf form	Ratio of petiole to lamina.	2 - brevipetiolate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf margin	Type of leaf margin.	1 - crenate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Petiole wing shape	Shape of petiole wing.	3 - obovate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Length of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	4.3	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	5.4	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit	Shape of fruit	4 - oblate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit apex	Blossom end	3 - convex	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit base	Stem end	3 - convex	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of fruit	At maturity	6 - orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Epicarp surface texture	Epicarp surface texture	1 - smooth	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Adherence of epicarp	Adherence to mesocarp	3 - strong	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Thickness of mesocarp	Measured in mm	2	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of oil glands	Nature of oil glands	2 - conspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	12.5	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of segment membranes	Nature of segment membranes	1 - very fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at maturity	Physiological maturity	2 - semi-hollow	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at full ripeness	Fruit axis at full ripeness	3 - hollow	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of pulp	Color of pulp	6 - deep orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Texture of pulp	Texture of pulp	1 - fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Aroma of juice	Aroma of juice	1 - weak	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	5 - 21 to 40	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	3 - pale orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available