Sechium

Sechium

Sechium edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Sicyeae
Subtribe:	Sicyinae
Genus:	Sechium P.Browne
Species
S.chinantlense S.compositum S. edule - chayote S.hintonii S.pittieri S.venosum^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm. Chayota Jacq. Chocho Adans. Frantzia Pittier Polakowskia Pittier

Sechium is a genus in subtribe Sicyinea of the tribe Sicyeae of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote.

Main species

The accepted species in the genus are:^[3]

Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

Sechium edule fruit with its single internally germinating seed

References

↑ Rafael Lira Saade (1996). Chayote: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (PDF). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
↑ The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 11th March 2016)

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