Details for: Ames 23535, Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin, Horned Cucumber

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Top Name:

Horned Cucumber

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	25 count		Ames 23535 00ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Top Name:

Horned Cucumber

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

27 April 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Pretoria east - the Wilgers.
Coordinates: -24.7500, 28.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 0m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description: Bankenveld; Grassland; Garden N; Slope.
Comment: USDA collection expedition to South Africa. 1 fruit collected.
Collector(s):

Ellis, Roger, Agricultural Research Council

Donated

13 January 1997.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

Horned Cucumber

Type: Local name

JEWM 001

Type: Collector identifier

USDA collection expedition to South Africa.

Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University

Ames 23535

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative

Fruit: no markings, 13.2 cm length X 8.1 cm diam., oblong; skin: green-white-spots, no netting; flesh: white.

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Metuliferi

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

12574

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:10. 1859

Comment:

there is some question as to whether the spelling should be corrected to "metulifer" to reflect the classical Latin termination (Shenzhen ICN Art. 32.2) for the masculine form of this adjectival epithet (see also W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin ed. 4:91. 1992), but lacking explicit guidance in the Code for this case we retain the original spelling

Verified:

02/06/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	African horned cucumber	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	African horned melon	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	horny cucumber	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
English	jelly melon	1	Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321.
English	kiwano	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	concombre africain	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Hommelone	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Horn-Gurke	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Kiwano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE1	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.	CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	Ames 23535 97ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.59	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23535 97ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.83	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23535 00ncai01 SD