Taxonavigation

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Sicyoeae
Genus: Frantzia
Species: F. panamensis – F. pittieri – F. tacaco – F. talamancensis – F. venosa – F. villosa

Name

Frantzia Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13(4): 127–128. (1910)

• Type species: Frantzia pittieri  (Cogn. Pittier U.S. Natl. Herb. 13(4): 129–130, f. 37–39. (1910)
  

Note: The dismemberment of Sechium and re-circumscription of Sicyos has resulted in the recent resurrection of this genus. There is also evidence that it is not as close to Sechium as once thought (Schaefer & Renner, 2011 and Sebastian (et al.), 2012). However, this circumscription has yet to be universally accepted (Govaerts et al., 2019 and Tropicos, 2014).

References

• Pittier, H.F. 1910. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 13(4): 127–128.
• Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60(1): 122–138. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601011 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. 
• Sebastian, P., Schaefer, H., Lira, R., Telford, I. R. H. & Renner, S.S. 2012. Radiation following long-distance dispersal: the contributions of time, opportunity and diaspore morphology in Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae). Journal of Biogeography 39: 1427–1438. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02695.x. Available on line . Accessed 2014 Aug 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Frantzia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Frantzia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Frantzia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2014.