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Details for: HRIGRU 5493,
Lactuca sativa
L., MELODY
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Lactuca sativa
L.
Top Name:
MELODY
Origin:
Donated – United Kingdom
Maintained:
UK Vegetable Genebank
Received by UKVGB:
1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
Backup Location:
Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands
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Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
0.5 gram
HRIGRU 5493 1984 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Lactuca sativa
L.
Top Name:
MELODY
Origin:
Donated – United Kingdom
Maintained:
UK Vegetable Genebank
Received by UKVGB:
1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed-Long-term storage MCPD code 13
Source History
Donated
United Kingdom
Habitat:
Seed company
Donator(s):
TOZER
Accession Names and Identifiers
MELODY
Type: Accession name
BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE
Type: Common name
HRIGRU 5493 1984
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Lactuca sativa
L.
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Lactuca
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
21360
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:795. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
10/02/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Lactuca sativa
L. var.
angustana
Irish
(8 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa
L. var.
capitata
L.
(4 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa
L. var.
crispa
L.
(0 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa
L. var.
longifolia
Lam.
(3 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa
L. var.
sativa
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LANGUAGE
NAME
ALTERNATE NAME
NOTE
SEQ
CITATION
English
garden lettuce
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
lettuce
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
laitue
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
laitue cultivée
2
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German
Garten-Lattich
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1498.
German
grüner Salat
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Kopfsalat
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
lattuga
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese
alface
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
lechuga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
sallat
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean
sangchu
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:105.
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Observations
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Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
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GROWTH
Average head weight
Average weight of lettuce head. Units = (Kg)
0.20667
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Heart formation
Heart formation at harvest maturity
5 - 5 - Moderate
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Homogeneity
Homogeneity at harvest maturity
5 - 5 - Moderate homogeneous
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf anthocyanin content
Leaf anthocyanin content at harvest maturity
0 - 0 - Absent
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Outer leaf colour
Outer leaf colour at harvest maturity
2 - 2 - Green
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Outer leaf colour intensity
Outer leaf colour intensity at harvest maturity
5 - 5 - Medium
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
MORPHOLOGY
Head shape
Head shape at harvest maturity in longitudinal section.
4 - 4 - Transverse elliptic
UKVGB.Lactuca.Characterisation.2024
SUBSET
Lettuce_type_subsets
Subsets of Lettuce types
Lettuce-Butterhead - This accession is a member of the Lettuce-Butterhead type subset
UKVGB.General.Subsets.XXXX.1
SUBSET
Lettuce_Set
A flag to indicate that this accession is a member of the Lettuce crop group which includes the species
Lactuca sativa; Lactuca sativa var. angustana; Lactuca sativa var. capitata; Lactuca sativa var. longifolia
Y - Yes the accession is part of this set.
UKVGB.General.CropGroup.XXXX.1