Sicyos L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Extinct in:
Galápagos
Introduced into:
Angola, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Leeward Is., Madeira, Marianas, Mauritius, Nepal, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Sicilia, Spain, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Sicyoides Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 92 (1944)
- Anomalosicyos Gentry in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 565 (1946)
- Baderoa Bertol. ex Hook. in Bot. Misc. 3: 324 (1833)
- Bryoniastrum Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum.: 195 (1759)
- Chayota Jacq. in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: t. 245 (1780)
- Chocho Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 500 (1763)
- Cladocarpa (H.St.John) H.St.John in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99: 491 (1978)
- Costarica L.D.Gómez in Phytologia 53: 97 (1983)
- Frantzia Pittier in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 127 (1910)
- Micrampelis Raf. in Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 350 (1808)
- Polakowskia Pittier in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 131 (1910)
- Sarx H.St.John in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99: 491 (1978)
- Sechium P.Browne in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 355 (1756)
- Sicyocarya (A.Gray) H.St.John in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 100: 246 (1978)
- Skottsbergiliana H.St.John in Pacific Sci. 28: 457 (1974 publ. 1975)
Accepted Species
- 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 bulbosus Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
- Sicyos chaetocephalus Harms
- Sicyos chiriquensis Hammel & D'Arcy
- Sicyos collinus B.L.Rob. & Fernald
- Sicyos cordifolius Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila
- Sicyos cucumerinus A.Gray
- Sicyos davilae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
- Sicyos debilis Cogn.
- Sicyos dieterleae Rodr.-Arév. & Lira
- Sicyos edulis Jacq.
- Sicyos erostratus H.St.John
- Sicyos fusiformis Cogn.
- Sicyos galeottii Cogn.
- Sicyos glaber Wooton
- Sicyos gracillimus Cogn.
- Sicyos guatemalensis Standl. & Steyerm.
- Sicyos herbstii (H.St.John) I.Telford
- Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John
- 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 malvifolius Griseb.
- Sicyos martii Cogn.
- Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
- Sicyos maximowiczii Cogn.
- Sicyos mcvaughii Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Calzada
- Sicyos microphyllus Kunth
- Sicyos montanus Poepp. & Endl.
- Sicyos odonellii Mart.Crov.
- Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
- Sicyos palmatilobus Cogn.
- Sicyos parviflorus Willd.
- Sicyos peninsularis Brandegee
- Sicyos polyacanthos Cogn.
- Sicyos semitonsus H.St.John
- Sicyos sertulifer Cogn.
- Sicyos sinaloae Brandegee
- 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
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 443 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 1013 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Daly, D.C. [7051], Brazil | K001137340 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0