Sechium
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Automatic taxobox
Sechium was a genus of plants now subsumed into the genus Sicyos:[1] also placed in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member was the edible and widely cultivated chayote (now Sicyos edulis).
Species
Several species formerly placed in genus Sechium have now been placed in other genera. Several other species names are unplaced – "names that cannot be accepted, nor can they be put into synonymy".[2]
Formerly placed here
- Cayaponia amazonica (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Sechium amazonicum Poepp. & Endl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Cayaponia peruviana (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Sechium peruvianum Poepp. & Endl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Microsechium compositum Donn.Sm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Sechium compositum (Donn.Sm.) C.JeffreyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Microsechium hintonii Paul G.WilsonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Sechium hintonii (Paul G.Wilson) C.JeffreyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Microsechium palmatum (Ser.) Cogn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Sechium palmatum Ser.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Sicyos edulis (as Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. or Sechium americanum Poir.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) – chayote or christophene
Unplaced species names
- Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
- Sechium mexicanum Lira & M.Nee
- Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
References
Template:Taxonbar Template:Authority control
- ↑ POWO: retrieved 11 March 2024
- ↑ Checklist for Sechium at World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Retrieved 10 June 2024.