Cucurbitaceae

Sicyos L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1013 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World, E. & SE. Australia.

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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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?
Daly, D.C. [7051], Brazil K001137340 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • 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