Sicyos
| Sicyos | |
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| Sicyos australis, New Zealand | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Sicyoeae |
| Genus: | Sicyos L. |
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Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Members of the genus may be known as burr cucumbers, but the genus includes Sicyos edulis which is the christophine or chayote.
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:
- Sicyos acariaeanthus Harms
- Sicyos acerifolius Brandegee
- Sicyos albus (H.St.John) I.Telford
- Sicyos andreanus Cogn.
- Sicyos angulatus L.
- Sicyos anunu (H.St.John) I.Telford
- Sicyos australis Endl.
- Sicyos baderoa Hook. & Arn.
- Sicyos barbatus (Gentry) C.Jeffrey
- Sicyos bogotensis Cogn.
- Sicyos brandegeeana R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos bulbosus Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
- Sicyos chaetocephalus Harms
- Sicyos chinantlensis (Lira & F.Chiang) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos chiriquensis Hammel & D'Arcy
- Sicyos collinus B.L.Rob. & Fernald
- Sicyos compositus (Donn.Sm.) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos cordifolius Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
- Sicyos cucumerinus A.Gray
- Sicyos davilae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
- Sicyos debilis Cogn.
- Sicyos dieterleae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
- Sicyos dipterus (Kearns) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos distinctus (Kearns) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos edulis Jacq.
- Sicyos erostratus H.St.John
- Sicyos fusiformis Cogn.
- Sicyos galeottii Cogn.
- Sicyos glaber Wooton
- Sicyos gonzalo-palomae (Lira) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos gracilis (A.Gray) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos gracillimus Cogn.
- Sicyos guatemalensis Standl. & Steyerm.
- Sicyos herbstii (H.St.John) I.Telford
- Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John
- Sicyos hintonii (Paul G.Wilson) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos hispidus Hillebr.
- Sicyos ignarus Mart.Crov.
- Sicyos kunthii Cogn.
- Sicyos kuntzei Cogn.
- Sicyos laciniatus L.
- Sicyos laevis A.Gray
- Sicyos lanceoloideus (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & D.R.Herbst
- Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.
- Sicyos lirae Rodr.-Arév.
- Sicyos longisepalus Cogn.
- Sicyos longisetosus Cogn.
- Sicyos macrocarpus Cogn.
- Sicyos macrophyllus A.Gray
- Sicyos maculatus (Dieterle) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos malvifolius Griseb.
- Sicyos martii Cogn.
- Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
- Sicyos maximowiczii Cogn.
- Sicyos mcvaughii Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Calzada
- Sicyos mexicanus (Lira & M.Nee) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos microphyllus Kunth
- Sicyos montanus Poepp. & Endl.
- Sicyos odonellii Mart.Crov.
- Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
- Sicyos palmatilobus Cogn.
- Sicyos palmatus (Ser.) Cogn.
- Sicyos parviflorus Willd.
- Sicyos peninsularis Brandegee
- Sicyos pentagonus (Wiggins) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos polyacanthos Cogn.
- Sicyos sangeetae R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos semitonsus H.St.John
- Sicyos sertulifer Cogn.
- Sicyos sinaloae Brandegee
- Sicyos tetrapterus (Dieterle) R.Kr.Singh
- Sicyos triquetrus Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.
- Sicyos undara I.Telford & P.Sebastian
- Sicyos urolobus Harms
- Sicyos vargasii Standl. & F.A.Barkley
- Sicyos villosus Hook.f.
- Sicyos waimanaloensis H.St.John
- Sicyos warmingii Cogn.
- Sicyos weberbaueri Harms
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)
References
- 1 2 3 Plants of the World Online: Sicyos L. (retrieved October 30, 2026)
- 1 2 3 "Genus: Sicyos L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ↑ "Sicyos". The Plant List. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ↑ "Sicyos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
External links
Data related to Sicyos at Wikispecies- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Sicyos australis sensu lato. Accessed 2010-10-04.
Media related to Sicyos at Wikimedia Commons
