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Sechium

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Sechium
Sechium tacaco
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Sicyoeae
Genus: Sechium
P.Browne

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

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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

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Unplaced species names

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  • 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

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  1. ^ POWO: retrieved 11 March 2024
  2. ^ Checklist for Sechium at World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Retrieved 10 June 2024.