Details for: PI 539649, Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L., 'Maltese Oval'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Cultivar:

'Maltese Oval'

Origin:

Developed – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1914

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

There are no images for this accession.

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Cultivar:

'Maltese Oval'

Origin:

Developed – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1914

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1914.
California, United States
Comment: Budwood received at CES from Rubidoux Tract Variety Block - tree 55.
Developer(s):

Citrus Experiment Station - Riverside

Donated

1988.
California, United States
Comment: Incorporated into NCGRCD holdings at establishment.
Donor(s):

Citrus Experiment Station - Riverside

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Maltese Oval'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: SWEET ORANGE

RCRC 590

Type: Site identifier

Calfiornia Mediterranean

Type: Misidentified cultivar name

Group: SWEET ORANGE

See Narrative.

Garey's Mediterranean

Type: Misidentified cultivar name

Group: SWEET ORANGE

See Narrative.

Mediterranean

Type: Misidentified cultivar name

Group: SWEET ORANGE

See Narrative.

Narrative

This is Garey's Mediterrranean sweet introduced by Garey of Los Angeles and is considered by Florida growers as identical with Maltese oval introduced earlier by Gen Sanford. Our tree CES 590 and Maltese CES 274 seem on careful study of fruit, tree, and foliage to be surely the same. Tree and foliage very characteristic. As Gen Sanford introduced and named another Mediterranean sweet which is different, it seems that Garey's Mediterranean sweet should be called Maltese oval. (H Webber, 01/26/1934)

This accession had psorosis and seedling yellows, removed by thermotherapy (Thermo 1404-6). A description of Maltaise Ovale (Maltese Oval, Garey's or California Mediterranean Sweet is given in The Citrus Industry, Vol 1, pp 447 [=Hodgson, 1967]. (EM Nauer, 1985)

Still seems identical to CRC 274, Maltese Oval. Since HJ Webber suggested we change the name on this accession in 1934 (see above), and 54 years have gone by without action, I hereby take Dr Webber's usggestion and make said change lest it (his suggestion) becomes 100 years old without giving birth. (EM Nauer, 02/08/1988)

Probably identical to CRC 274. (EM Nauer, 10/1988)

Far be it from me to dissent from Dr Webber and Ed. Inactivated after all these years. The active accession of 'Maltese Oval' is PI 539597, the above mentioned CRC 274. (RR Krueger, 05/17/2011)

Information and fotos from the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection.

Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10689

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:783. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358804

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/06/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrus ×aurantium L. (134 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. aurantium (5 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. chrysocarpa (Hassk.) ined. (88 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. racemosa (Risso) ined. (75 active accession[s])

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus ×macracantha Hassk.
Citrus genshokan (Hayata) hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus iyo hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus nobilis Lour. var. genshokan Hayata
Citrus tengu hort. ex Tanaka

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	blood orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	navel orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	orange		1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	sweet orange		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
English	Valencia orange		1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Dutch	Sinaasappel		2	Staten, S. 2006. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
French	navel		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
French	orange douce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
French	oranger		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
French	oranger doux		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
French	sanguine		2	Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
German	Apfelsine		2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Apfelsinenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Orange		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names as Citrus ×sinensis
German	Orangenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Italian	arancio dolce		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Japanese Rōmaji	iyo-kan	as Citrus iyo	2	Nito, N. et al. 2007. Germplasm conservation of indigenous Citrus. Acta Hort. 760:105-108. Note: as Citrus iyo
Portuguese	laranja-doce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese	laranjeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese	laranjeira-doce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-amarga		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-azeda		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-bigarade		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-da-terra		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)	laranja-de-sevilha		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanish	naranja		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanish	naranjo duce		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Chinese	tian cheng		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Korean	danggyulnamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:91. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 06 Mar 2020, from Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck to Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Availability
GROWTH	Tree habit	General growth habit of tree.	2 - spreading	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.	2 - medium	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.	2 - deltoid	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Length of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	5.4	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	5.6	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	4 - truncate	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	3 - very conspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	12	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	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at full ripeness	Fruit axis at full ripeness	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of pulp	Color of pulp	4 - pale 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	2 - moderate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	3 - 3 to 10	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	3 - pale orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available