Sicyos

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Sicyos australis02.jpg |image_caption = ''Sicyos australis'', New Zealand |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Sicyos |authority = L.<ref name = POWO/><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11138 |title=Genus: ''Sicyos'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1998-11-18 |accessdate=2011-03-04}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Ahzolia'' {{small|Standl. & Steyerm.}} *''Anomalosicyos'' Gentry *''Baderoa'' {{small|Bertol. ex Hook.}} *''Bryoniastrum'' {{small|Heist. ex Fabr.}} *''Chayota'' {{small|Jacq.}} *''Chocho'' {{small|Adans.}} *''Cladocarpa'' (H.St.John) H.St.John *''Costarica'' L.D.Gómez *''Frantzia'' {{small|Pittier}} *''Micrampelis'' {{small|Raf.}} *''Polakowskia'' {{small|Pittier}} *''Sarx'' H.St.John *''Sechium'' {{Au|P.Browne}} *''Sicyocarya'' (A.Gray) H.St.John *''Sicyoides'' Mill. *''Sicyus'' Clem., orth. var.<ref name="GRIN"/> *''Skottsbergiliana'' H.St.John *''Sycios'' Medik., orth. var.<ref name="GRIN"/> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = POWO/> |}}

'''''Sicyos''''' is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae.<ref>{{cite web | title = Sicyos | publisher = The Plant List | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Cucurbitaceae/Sicyos/ |accessdate =2020-12-24}}</ref> Members of the genus may be known as '''burr cucumbers''',<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=22400 |taxon=''Sicyos'' |accessdate=2011-03-04}}</ref> but the genus includes ''Sicyos edulis'' which is the christophine or chayote.

==Species== ''Plants of the World Online'' includes:<ref name = POWO>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327456-2 Plants of the World Online: ''Sicyos'' L. (retrieved 11 March 2024)]</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} # ''Sicyos acariaeanthus'' {{Au|Harms}} # ''Sicyos acerifolius'' {{Au|Brandegee}} # ''Sicyos albus'' {{Au|(H.St.John) I.Telford}} # ''Sicyos andreanus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos angulatus'' {{Au|L.}} # ''Sicyos anunu'' {{Au|(H.St.John) I.Telford}} # ''Sicyos australis'' {{Au|Endl.}} # ''Sicyos baderoa'' {{Au|Hook. & Arn.}} # ''Sicyos barbatus'' {{Au|(Gentry) C.Jeffrey}} # ''Sicyos bogotensis'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos bulbosus'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila}} # ''Sicyos chaetocephalus'' {{Au|Harms}} # ''Sicyos chiriquensis'' {{Au|Hammel & D'Arcy}} # ''Sicyos collinus'' {{Au|B.L.Rob. & Fernald}} # ''Sicyos cordifolius'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila}} # ''Sicyos cucumerinus'' {{Au|A.Gray}} # ''Sicyos davilae'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév. & Lira}} # ''Sicyos debilis'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos dieterleae'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév. & Lira}} # ''Sicyos edulis'' {{Au|Jacq.}} (restored ''Sechium edule'' (Jacq.) Sw.) # ''Sicyos erostratus'' {{Au|H.St.John}} # ''Sicyos fusiformis'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos galeottii'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos glaber'' {{Au|Wooton}} # ''Sicyos gracillimus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos guatemalensis'' {{Au|Standl. & Steyerm.}} # ''Sicyos herbstii'' {{Au|(H.St.John) I.Telford}} # ''Sicyos hillebrandii'' {{Au|H.St.John}} # ''Sicyos hispidus'' {{Au|Hillebr.}} # ''Sicyos ignarus'' {{Au|Mart.Crov.}} # ''Sicyos kunthii'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos kuntzei'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos laciniatus'' {{Au|L.}} # ''Sicyos laevis'' {{Au|A.Gray}} # ''Sicyos lanceoloideus'' {{Au|(H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & D.R.Herbst}} # ''Sicyos lasiocephalus'' {{Au|Skottsb.}} # ''Sicyos lirae'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév.}} # ''Sicyos longisepalus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos longisetosus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos macrocarpus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos macrophyllus'' {{Au|A.Gray}} # ''Sicyos malvifolius'' {{Au|Griseb.}} # ''Sicyos martii'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos mawhai'' {{Au|I.Telford & P.Sebastian}} # ''Sicyos maximowiczii'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos mcvaughii'' {{Au|Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Calzada}} # ''Sicyos microphyllus'' {{Au|Kunth}} # ''Sicyos montanus'' {{Au|Poepp. & Endl.}} # ''Sicyos odonellii'' {{Au|Mart.Crov.}} # ''Sicyos pachycarpus'' {{Au|Hook. & Arn.}} # ''Sicyos palmatilobus'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos parviflorus'' {{Au|Willd.}} # ''Sicyos peninsularis'' {{Au|Brandegee}} # ''Sicyos polyacanthos'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos semitonsus'' {{Au|H.St.John}} # ''Sicyos sertulifer'' {{Au|Cogn.}} # ''Sicyos sinaloae'' {{Au|Brandegee}} # ''Sicyos undara'' {{Au|I.Telford & P.Sebastian}} # ''Sicyos urolobus'' {{Au|Harms}} # ''Sicyos vargasii'' {{Au|Standl. & F.A.Barkley}} # ''Sicyos villosus'' {{Au|Hook.f.}} # ''Sicyos waimanaloensis'' {{Au|H.St.John}} # ''Sicyos warmingii'' {{Au|Cogn.}}<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11138 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Sicyos'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2011-03-04}}</ref> # ''Sicyos weberbaueri'' {{Au|Harms}} {{div col end}}

===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) * ''Sechiopsis triquetra'' (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Naudin (as ''S. triqueter'' Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Wikispecies-inline|Sicyos|''Sicyos''}} * ''New Zealand Plant Conservation Network'', [http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=40 ''Sicyos australis sensu lato'']. Accessed 2010-10-04. *{{Commons category inline|Sicyos|''Sicyos''}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q628933}}

Category:Cucurbitaceae genera Category:Cucurbitoideae