Details for: RRUT 169, Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L., 'Rico #6'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.
Cultivar:
'Rico #6'
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Received by NPGS:
Feb 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L.
Cultivar:
'Rico #6'
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Received by NPGS:
Feb 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
March 1931.
Puerto Rico, United States
Locality: Parent tree located on mountain coffee plantation of Don Carmelo Albino Bisot near Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico (elevation 2000 ft).
Comment: Located by Felix A Velasco, Agricultural Agent, Guayanilla; propagated at Insular Experiment Station at Rio Piedras in March 1931.
Collector(s):
Donated
01 December 1997.
Texas, United States
Comment: Budwood collected from R11-T05, Rio Farms, Monte Alto, Texas, by J Bash & R Krueger, 12/1997.
Donor(s):
February 2001.
California, United States
Comment: Quarantine transfer from CCPP to NCGRCD.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Rico #6'
Type: Cultivar name

RKO #6
Type: Developer identifier

RQ-2001-24
Type: Site identifier
Krueger, Robert USDA, ARS

RRUT 169
Type: Site identifier
Krueger, Robert USDA, ARS

IPPN 284 (CCPP)
Type: Quarantine identifier
Gumpf, David J. University of California

Narrative
Fruit described as deep yellow tinged with red, smooth texture, flattened shape similar to 'Marsh' grapefruit, peel 0.25 in thick, flesh deep yellow in color with tender rag, juice abundant and of exceptionally fine flavor, few seeds (This and all historical information from: Shamel and Twight. Puerto Rico Seedless Orange Selections. J Dept of Agric Puert Rico, vol XVII, No 2, pp 171 -181, April 1933). For additional information and disease testing results see information on file (RRK, 2006-06)
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
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblood orange  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Englishnavel orange  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Englishorange  1McGuffin, 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
Englishsweet orange  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
EnglishValencia orange  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
DutchSinaasappel  2Staten, S. 2006. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Frenchnavel  2Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
Frenchorange douce  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Frenchoranger  2Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
Frenchoranger doux  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Frenchsanguine  2Courboulex, M. & H. de Lorrain. 1997. Les agrumes: oranges, citron, pamplemousses, kumquats. Note: re. French common names
GermanApfelsine  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
GermanApfelsinenbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
GermanOrange  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names as Citrus ×sinensis
GermanOrangenbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Italianarancio dolce  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Japanese Rōmajiiyo-kan as Citrus iyo2Nito, N. et al. 2007. Germplasm conservation of indigenous Citrus. Acta Hort. 760:105-108. Note: as Citrus iyo
Portugueselaranja-doce  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portugueselaranjeira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portugueselaranjeira-doce  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-amarga  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-azeda  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-bigarade  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-da-terra  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Portuguese (Brazil)laranja-de-sevilha  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanishnaranja  2Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. common names as Citrus ×sinensis
Spanishnaranjo duce  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Chinesetian cheng  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: as Citrus ×sinensis
Transcribed Koreandanggyulnamu  2Mun-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.
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Description:
A seedless sweet orange selection from Puerto Rico. Current selection rec'd in Texas (USDA) as budwood from Texas, 1959; immediate provenance unknown.