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Citrullus ecirrhosus

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Internal ID UUID6440118b6e535736580706
Scientific name Citrullus ecirrhosus
Authority Cogn.
First published in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 151 (1889)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Colocynthis ecirrhosus (Cogn.) Chakrav. Sci. & Cult. 15: 32 (1949)

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Language Common/alternative name
English namib tsamma
Spanish namib tsamma
Persian سیترولوس اسیرهوسوس
French namib tsamma
Korean 나미브수박
Chinese 缺须西瓜

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000607854
Tropicos 9200953
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:291933-1
The Plant List kew-2723904
Open Tree Of Life 777808
NCBI Taxonomy 260672
IPNI 291933-1
iNaturalist 70056
GBIF 3625551
Freebase /m/02vqw1_
EOL 5734636
USDA GRIN 314532
Wikipedia Citrullus_ecirrhosus

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_039644935.1 ASM3964493v1 Complete Genome Institute of advanced agriculture science, Peking university 2024-05-14 128 383.71 Mb

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Comparative Analysis of the Chloroplast Genome of Sicyos angulatus with Other Seven Species of Cucurbitaceae Family Kousar M, Park J Genes (Basel) 08-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10531474
doi:10.3390/genes14091776
PMID:37761916
Pan-genome of Citrullus genus highlights the extent of presence/absence variation during domestication and selection Sun Y, Kou DR, Li Y, Ni JP, Wang J, Zhang YM, Wang QN, Jiang B, Wang X, Sun YX, Xu XT, Tan XJ, Zhang YJ, Kong XD BMC Genomics 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10273549
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09443-w
PMID:37322453
Comparative chloroplast genome analysis of seven extant Citrullus species insight into genetic variation, phylogenetic relationships, and selective pressure Zhou C, Wang P, Zeng Q, Zeng R, Hu W, Sun L, Liu S, Luan F, Zhu Q Sci Rep 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10130142
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-34046-6
PMID:37185306
Phenotypic Variability of Root System Architecture Traits for Drought Tolerance among Accessions of Citron Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (L.H. Bailey) Mandizvo T, Odindo AO, Mashilo J, Sibiya J, Beck-Pay SL Plants (Basel) 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9573351
doi:10.3390/plants11192522
PMID:36235386
Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication Pérez-Escobar OA, Tusso S, Przelomska NA, Wu S, Ryan P, Nesbitt M, Silber MV, Preick M, Fei Z, Hofreiter M, Chomicki G, Renner SS Mol Biol Evol 30-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9387916
doi:10.1093/molbev/msac168
PMID:35907246
Genome-wide association analysis provides molecular insights into natural variation in watermelon seed size Gong C, Zhao S, Yang D, Lu X, Anees M, He N, Zhu H, Zhao Y, Liu W Hortic Res 19-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8923815
doi:10.1093/hr/uhab074
PMID:35043154
A chromosome-level genome of a Kordofan melon illuminates the origin of domesticated watermelons Renner SS, Wu S, Pérez-Escobar OA, Silber MV, Fei Z, Chomicki G Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 21-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8201767
doi:10.1073/pnas.2101486118
PMID:34031154
Bemisia tabaci on Vegetables in the Southern United States: Incidence, Impact, and Management Li Y, Mbata GN, Punnuri S, Simmons AM, Shapiro-Ilan DI Insects 26-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7996905
doi:10.3390/insects12030198
PMID:33652635
Georeferenced phylogenetic analysis of a global collection of wild and cultivated Citrullus species Achigan‐Dako EG, Degbey H, Hale I, Blattner FR Ecol Evol 27-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7882934
doi:10.1002/ece3.7189
PMID:33614013
From seed to flour: Sowing sustainability in the use of cantaloupe melon residue (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) da Cunha JA, Rolim PM, Damasceno KS, de Sousa Júnior FC, Nabas RC, Seabra LM PLoS One 02-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC6939897
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219229
PMID:31895921
Convergent Evolution and the Diverse Ontogenetic Origins of Tendrils in Angiosperms Sousa-Baena MS, Sinha NR, Hernandes-Lopes J, Lohmann LG Front Plant Sci 03-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5891604
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00403
PMID:29666627
Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus Paris HS Ann Bot 03-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4512189
doi:10.1093/aob/mcv077
PMID:26141130
Antioxidative and antidiabetic activities of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) juice on oxidative stress in alloxan-induced diabetic male Wistar albino rats Oseni OA, Odesanmi OE, Oladele FC Niger Med J 01-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4697216
doi:10.4103/0300-1652.169707
PMID:26759513
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences Renner SS, Pandey AK PhytoKeys 11-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3652411
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.20.3948
PMID:23717193

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