Biology:Selysia

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Selysia is a genus of the gourd family. It includes four species of climbers native to southern Central America and northern South America, ranging from Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil.[1]

Plants of the World Online accepts the genus.[1] A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.[2]

Species

Four species are accepted.[1]

  • Selysia bidentata Hampshire – native to Panama and northwestern Colombia[3]
  • Selysia cordata Cogn. – Colombia
  • Selysia prunifera (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn. – Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil
  • Selysia smithii (Standl.) C. Jeffrey – western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Selysia Cogn.". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13404-1. Retrieved 11 June 2024. 
  2. ↑ Schaefer, Hanno; Renner, Susanne S. (February 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. http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Schaefer&Renner_Cucs_Taxon2011.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  3. ↑ Knapp, Sandra; Hampshire, Rachel J. (1994). "A New Species of Selysia (Cucurbitaceae) from Mesoamerica and a Synopsis of the Genus". Novon (Missouri Botanical Garden Press) 4 (1): 35–37. doi:10.2307/3391696. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/20904. 

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