Sicyos Explained
Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae.[1] Members of the genus may be known as "burr cucumbers", but the genus includes Sicyos edulis which is the christophine or chayote.
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:[2]
- Sicyos acariaeanthus
- Sicyos acerifolius
- Sicyos albus
- Sicyos andreanus
- Sicyos angulatus
- Sicyos anunu
- Sicyos australis
- Sicyos baderoa
- Sicyos barbatus
- Sicyos bogotensis
- Sicyos bulbosus
- Sicyos chaetocephalus
- Sicyos chiriquensis
- Sicyos collinus
- Sicyos cordifolius
- Sicyos cucumerinus
- Sicyos davilae
- Sicyos debilis
- Sicyos dieterleae
- Sicyos edulis (restored Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.)
- Sicyos erostratus
- Sicyos fusiformis
- Sicyos galeottii
- Sicyos glaber
- Sicyos gracillimus
- Sicyos guatemalensis
- Sicyos herbstii
- Sicyos hillebrandii
- Sicyos hispidus
- Sicyos ignarus
- Sicyos kunthii
- Sicyos kuntzei
- Sicyos laciniatus
- Sicyos laevis
- Sicyos lanceoloideus
- Sicyos lasiocephalus
- Sicyos lirae
- Sicyos longisepalus
- Sicyos longisetosus
- Sicyos macrocarpus
- Sicyos macrophyllus
- Sicyos malvifolius
- Sicyos martii
- Sicyos mawhai
- Sicyos maximowiczii
- Sicyos mcvaughii
- Sicyos microphyllus
- Sicyos montanus
- Sicyos odonellii
- Sicyos pachycarpus
- Sicyos palmatilobus
- Sicyos parviflorus
- Sicyos peninsularis
- Sicyos polyacanthos
- Sicyos semitonsus
- Sicyos sertulifer
- Sicyos sinaloae
- Sicyos undara
- Sicyos urolobus
- Sicyos vargasii
- Sicyos villosus
- Sicyos waimanaloensis
- Sicyos warmingii [3]
- Sicyos weberbaueri
Formerly placed here
- Blastania garcini (Burm.f.) Cogn. (as S. garcini Burm.f.)
- Cissus trifoliata (L.) L. (as S. trifoliatus L.)
- Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray (as S. lobatus Michx.)
- Marah oregana (Torr. & A.Gray) Howell (as S. oreganus Torr. & A.Gray)
- Sechiopsis triquetra (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Naudin (as S. triqueter Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Sicyos . The Plant List . 2020-12-24.
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327456-2 Plants of the World Online: Sicyos L. (retrieved 11 March 2024)
- Web site: GRIN Species Records of Sicyos . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-03-04.