NPG-CHN-SHX-0319080001
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| Tongchor General Population 1908 | |
|---|---|
| NPG-CHN-SHX-0319080001 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Area | Yuanping |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Shanxi |
| Locality | Tongchor, Kwohsien district |
| Coordinates | 38.73, 112.70 |
| Point type | District point |
| Uncertainty | about 30 km |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Shan ma tse |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 4 March 1908 |
| Collector | F. N. Meyer |
| Specimen | |
| Collector Number | 932a |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Conservation | |
| Main lot | National Plant Germplasm System Gone Seed lot: Gone |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | National Plant Germplasm System |
| Genebanks and Sequence Data | |
Genebank accessions | |
| Genetic Relationships | |
Related accessions | |
Tongchor General Population 1908 is a historical seed accession of Cannabis sativa that the United States Department of Agriculture received from Tongchor, in the Kwohsien district of Shanxi, China, on 20 April 1908 and numbered plant introduction (PI) 22690.[1] No seed of the lot survives. The National Plant Germplasm System, whose database carries the department's introductions, says the accession "no longer exists and can not be requested".[1]
The lot
Frank N. Meyer, the department's agricultural explorer, sent a collection of seeds and cuttings from Peking that the department received on 20 April 1908. In the printed inventory this lot is his number 932a, from Tongchor, Kwohsien district, Shansi, 4 March 1908: hemp "Grown in mountain valleys; considered to be the best variety of hemp of the Shansi Province, and sold in all of the towns and cities for string and rope manufacture", Chinese name Shan ma tse.[2] His number 931a, from Soolungko in the same district, is the same kind (NPG-CHN-SHX-0319080002).[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PI 22690, Cannabis sativa L." GRIN-Global. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Bureau of Plant Industry (1909). Seeds and plants imported during the period from April 1 to June 30, 1908: inventory no. 15 (PDF) (Report). Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin. Washington: United States Department of Agriculture. pp. 23, 25. No. 142.
- ↑ Bureau of Plant Industry (1909). Seeds and plants imported during the period from April 1 to June 30, 1908: inventory no. 15 (PDF) (Report). Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin. Washington: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 73. No. 142.