Biology:Sicyos

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Sicyos
Sicyos australis02.jpg
Sicyos australis, New Zealand
Scientific classification e
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
  • 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]

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. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Sicyos L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-11-18. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11138. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  2. "Sicyos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=22400. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "GRIN Species Records of Sicyos". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11138. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  4. "Sicyos". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Cucurbitaceae/Sicyos/. Retrieved 2020-12-24. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q628933 entry