Sechium
| Sechium | |
|---|---|
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| Sechium edule | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Sicyeae |
| Subtribe: | Sicyinae |
| Genus: | Sechium P.Browne |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Sechium is a genus in subtribe Sicyinea of the tribe Sicyeae of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote.
Main species
The accepted species in the genus are:[3]
- Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
- Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
- Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
- Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
- 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
Sechium edule fruit with its single internally germinating seed
References
- ↑ Rafael Lira Saade (1996). Chayote: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (PDF). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
- ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
- ↑ The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 11th March 2016)
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