NPG-CHN-SHX-0719140001
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| Luanfu General Population 1914 | |
|---|---|
| NPG-CHN-SHX-0719140001 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Shanxi |
| Locality | Luanfu |
| Coordinates | 36.20, 113.12 |
| Point type | Settlement point |
| Uncertainty | about 10 km |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 13 July 1914 |
| Collector | F. N. Meyer |
| Specimen | |
| Collector Number | 2119a |
| 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 | |
Luanfu General Population 1914 is a historical seed accession of Cannabis sativa that the United States Department of Agriculture received from Luanfu (today's Changzhi), in Shanxi, China, on 17 November 1914 and numbered plant introduction (PI) 39424.[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, collected the seed; the department received his consignment on 17 November 1914. In the printed inventory this lot is his number 2119a, Luanfu, Shansi, 13 July 1914: "A variety of hemp, said to produce long, strong, and fine fiber. Grown on terraces on somewhat moist soil at altitudes between 3,000 and 4,000 feet."[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PI 39424, Cannabis sativa L." GRIN-Global. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Bureau of Plant Industry (1917). Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction during the period from October 1 to December 31, 1914 (PDF) (Report). Washington: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 26. No. 41.