Sicyos

Sicyos

Sicyos australis, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Sicyeae
Subtribe:	Sicyinae
Genus:	Sicyos L.^[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Anomalosicyos Gentry Cladocarpa (H.St.John) H.St.John Costarica L.D.Gómez Sarx H.St.John Sicyocarya (A.Gray) H.St.John Sicyocaulis Wiggins Sicyoides Mill. Sicyus Clem., orth. var. Skottsbergiliana H.St.John Sycios Medik., orth. var.^[1]

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

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]

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 2 "Genus: Sicyos L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
↑ "Sicyos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
1 2 "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

(Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Sicyos
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Sicyos australis sensu lato. Accessed 2010-10-04.

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