Sicyos

Sicyos
Sicyos australis, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Sicyoeae
Genus:	Sicyos L.[1][2]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm. Anomalosicyos Gentry Baderoa Bertol. ex Hook. Bryoniastrum Heist. ex Fabr. Chayota Jacq. Chocho Adans. Cladocarpa (H.St.John) H.St.John Costarica L.D.Gómez Frantzia Pittier Micrampelis Raf. Polakowskia Pittier Sarx H.St.John Sechium P.Browne Sicyocarya (A.Gray) H.St.John Sicyoides Mill. Sicyus Clem., orth. var.[2] Skottsbergiliana H.St.John Sycios Medik., orth. var.[2]

Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae.[3] Members of the genus may be known as "burr cucumbers",[4] but the genus includes Sicyos edulis which is the christophine or chayote.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:[1]

1. Sicyos acariaeanthus Harms
2. Sicyos acerifolius Brandegee
3. Sicyos albus (H.St.John) I.Telford
4. Sicyos andreanus Cogn.
5. Sicyos angulatus L.
6. Sicyos anunu (H.St.John) I.Telford
7. Sicyos australis Endl.
8. Sicyos baderoa Hook. & Arn.
9. Sicyos barbatus (Gentry) C.Jeffrey
10. Sicyos bogotensis Cogn.
11. Sicyos bulbosus Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
12. Sicyos chaetocephalus Harms
13. Sicyos chiriquensis Hammel & D'Arcy
14. Sicyos collinus B.L.Rob. & Fernald
15. Sicyos cordifolius Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
16. Sicyos cucumerinus A.Gray
17. Sicyos davilae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
18. Sicyos debilis Cogn.
19. Sicyos dieterleae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
20. Sicyos edulis Jacq. (restored Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.)
21. Sicyos erostratus H.St.John
22. Sicyos fusiformis Cogn.
23. Sicyos galeottii Cogn.
24. Sicyos glaber Wooton
25. Sicyos gracillimus Cogn.
26. Sicyos guatemalensis Standl. & Steyerm.
27. Sicyos herbstii (H.St.John) I.Telford
28. Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John
29. Sicyos hispidus Hillebr.
30. Sicyos ignarus Mart.Crov.
31. Sicyos kunthii Cogn.
32. Sicyos kuntzei Cogn.
33. Sicyos laciniatus L.
34. Sicyos laevis A.Gray
35. Sicyos lanceoloideus (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & D.R.Herbst
36. Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.
37. Sicyos lirae Rodr.-Arév.
38. Sicyos longisepalus Cogn.
39. Sicyos longisetosus Cogn.
40. Sicyos macrocarpus Cogn.
41. Sicyos macrophyllus A.Gray
42. Sicyos malvifolius Griseb.
43. Sicyos martii Cogn.
44. Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
45. Sicyos maximowiczii Cogn.
46. Sicyos mcvaughii Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Calzada
47. Sicyos microphyllus Kunth
48. Sicyos montanus Poepp. & Endl.
49. Sicyos odonellii Mart.Crov.
50. Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
51. Sicyos palmatilobus Cogn.
52. Sicyos parviflorus Willd.
53. Sicyos peninsularis Brandegee
54. Sicyos polyacanthos Cogn.
55. Sicyos semitonsus H.St.John
56. Sicyos sertulifer Cogn.
57. Sicyos sinaloae Brandegee
58. Sicyos undara I.Telford & P.Sebastian
59. Sicyos urolobus Harms
60. Sicyos vargasii Standl. & F.A.Barkley
61. Sicyos villosus Hook.f.
62. Sicyos waimanaloensis H.St.John
63. Sicyos warmingii Cogn.[5]
64. Sicyos weberbaueri Harms

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.)

References

1. Plants of the World Online: Sicyos L. (retrieved 11 March 2024)
2. "Genus: Sicyos L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
3. "Sicyos". The Plant List. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
4. "Sicyos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
5. "GRIN Species Records of Sicyos". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

External links

• Data related to Sicyos at Wikispecies
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Sicyos australis sensu lato. Accessed 2010-10-04.
• Media related to Sicyos at Wikimedia Commons