Sicyos

Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as burr cucumbers.[2]

Sicyos
Sicyos australis, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Sicyoeae
Genus: Sicyos
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Selected species
  • Sicyos albus (H.St.John) I.Telford
  • Sicyos angulatus L.
  • Sicyos australis Endl.
  • Sicyos baderoa Hook. & Arn.
  • Sicyos fusiformis
  • Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John
  • Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.
  • Sicyos martii
  • Sicyos maximowiczii
  • Sicyos mcvaughii Rodr.-Arév. et al.
  • Sicyos macrophyllus
  • Sicyos microphyllus Kunth
  • Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
  • Sicyos polyacanthos
  • Sicyos quinquelobatus
  • Sicyos sertuliferus
  • Sicyos warmingii[3]

Out of 130 species which have been attributed to the genus, just 37 are currently accepted by botanists.[4]

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.)
  • Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (as S. edulis Jacq.)[3]

References
  1. "Genus: Sicyos L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  2. "Sicyos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  3. "GRIN Species Records of Sicyos". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  4. "Sicyos". The Plant List. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

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