Sicyos

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Sicyos L.
CUCURBITACEAE
BURR CUCUMBER
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Classification
CUCURBITALES
Sicyos
Citation
SICYOS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1013. 1753.
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TYPE: Sicyos angulatus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 293. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Sicyos angulatus ONESEED BURR CUCUMBER Native FACW (NWPL)
Sicyos edulis CHAYOTE Not Native
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ahzolia Ahzolia Standley & Steyermark, Publ. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 92. 1944. TYPE: Ahzolia composita (Donnell Smith) Standley & Steyermark 1944. (Microsechium compositum Donnell Smith 1903.)
Anomalosicyos Anomalosicyos Gentry, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 565, f. 1-2. 1946. TYPE: Anomalosicyos barbatus Gentry 1946.
Baderoa Baderoa Bertoloni ex Hooker, Misc. Bot. 3: 324. 1833. TYPE: Baderoa bryoniifolia Bertoloni ex Hooker
Bryoniastrum Bryoniastrum Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. 195. 1759. TYPE: = Sicyos Linnaeus 1753.
Chayota Chayota Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 1780-1781. 2: 125, t. 245. 1780. TYPE: Chayota edulis (Jacquin) Jacquin 1780. (Sicyos edulis Jacquin 1760.) = Sechium P. Browne 1756, nom. cons.
Chocho Chocho Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 500. 1763. TYPE: = Sechium P. Brown 1756.
Cladocarpa Cladocarpa (H. St. John) H. St. John, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99: 941. 1978. BASOINYM: Sicyhos Linnaeus, sect. Cladocarpa H. St. John, Pacific Sci. 24: 445. 1970. TYPE: Cladocarpa niihauensis (H. St. John) H. St. John 1978. (Sicyos niihauensis H. St. John 1959.)
Costarica Costarica L. D. Gómez, Phytologia 53: 97. 1983. TYEP: Costarica hamata L. D. Gómez 1983.
Microsechium Microsechium Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 5. 6: 25. 1966. TYPE: Microsechium ruderale Naudin 1866.
Parasicyos Parasicyos Dieterle, Phytologia 32: 289. 1975. TYPE: Parasicyos maculatus Dieterle 1975.
Polakoskia Polakowskia Pittier, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 131, t. 20, f. 40-41. 1910 TYPE: Polakowskia tacaco Pittier 1910.
Pterosicyos Pterosicyos Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6(4): 72. 1914. TYPE: Pterosicyos laciniatus Brandegee 1914.
Sarx Sarx H. St. John, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99: 491. 1978. TYPE: Sarx alba H. St. John 1978.
Sechiopsis Sechiopsis, Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 5. 6: 23. 1966. TYPE: Sechiopsis triquetra (Mociño & Sessé y Lacasta ex Seringe) Naudin 1866. (Sicyos triqueter Mociño & Sessé y Lacasta ex Seringe 1828.)
Sechium Sechium P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 355. 1756, nom. cons. TYPE: Sechium edule (Jacquin) Swartz 1800, typ. cons. (Sicyos edulis Jacquin 1760.)
Sicyocarya Sicyocarya (A. Gray) H. St. John, Phytologia 38: 407. 1978. BASIONYM: Sicyos Linnaeus, subg. Sicyocarya A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 54. 1853. TYPE: Sicyocarya macrophylla (A. Gray) H. St. John 1978. (Sicyos macrophyllus A. Gray 1853.) Lectotypified by H. St. John, Phytologia 38: 407. 1978.
Sicyocaulis Sicyocaulis Wiggins, Madroño 20: 251. 1970. TYPE: Sicyocaulis pentagonus Wiggins 1970.
Sicyoides Sicyoides Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: = Sicyos Linnaeus 1753.
Sicyosperma Sicyosperma A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 62. 1853. TYPE: Sicyosperma gracile A. Gray 1853.
Skottsbergiliana Skottsbergiliana H. St. John. Pacific Sci. 28: 457. 1975 ("1974") TYPE: Skottsbergiliana lasiocephala (Skottsberg) H. St. John 1975. (Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsberg 1936.)