Sicyos
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sicyos

burr cucumber
paha
puaokama

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sicyos

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Cucurbitanae Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.
  
   Ordo  Cucurbitales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Cucurbitineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 190. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Cucurbitaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 393. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Cucumbers, Gourds, Watermelon
  
   Subfamilia  Sicyooideae Endl.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 940. Nov 1839.
   Tribus  Sicyoeae Schrad.
pub. Linnaea 12: 407. Apr-Sep 1838.
   Genus  Sicyos L.
pub. (1753)
common name: burr cucumber

Named members of the Genus Sicyos

1
   Species  albus (St. John) Telford
common name: white burr cucumber
2
   Species  ampelophyllus Woot. & Standl.
common name: streamside burr cucumber
3
   Species  angulatus L.
common name: oneseed burr cucumber
4
   Species  anunu (St. John) Telford
common name: lava burr cucumber
5
   Species  atollensis St. John
syn. Sicyos maximowiczii
6
   Species  caumii St. John
syn. Sicyos maximowiczii
7
   Species  cucumerinus Gray
common name: Gray's burr cucumber
8
   Species  erostratus St. John
common name: Kealia Gulch burr cucumber
9
   Species  glaber Woot.
common name: smooth burr cucumber
10
   Species  herbstii (St. John) Telford
common name: Herbst's burr cucumber
11
   Species  hillebrandii St. John
common name: Maui burr cucumber
12
   Species  hispidus Hbd.
common name: pricklyfruit burr cucumber
13
   Species  laciniatus L.
 
14
   Varietas  genuinus Cogn.
syn. Sicyos laciniatus
15
   Species  lamoureuxii St. John
syn. Sicyos maximowiczii
16
   Species  lasiocephalus Skottsberg
common name: Hualalai burr cucumber
17
   Species  laysanensis St. John
syn. Sicyos pachycarpus
18
   Species  lobata Michx.
syn. Echinocystis lobata
19
   Species  macrophyllus Gray
common name: alpine burr cucumber
20
   Species  maximowiczii Cogn.
common name: puaokama
21
   Species  microcarpus Mann
syn. Sicyos pachycarpus
22
   Species  microphyllus Kunth
common name: small-leaf burr cucumber
23
   Species  nihoaensis St. John
syn. Sicyos pachycarpus
24
   Species  niihauensis St. John
syn. Sicyos maximowiczii
25
   Species  pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
common name: paha
26
   Species  partitus St. John
syn. Sicyos lasiocephalus
27
   Species  parviflorus Willd.
common name: smallflower burr cucumber
28
   Species  remyanus Cogn.
syn. Sicyos pachycarpus
29
   Species  semitonsus St. John
common name: Laysan burr cucumber
30
   Species  trifoliatus L.
syn. Cissus trifoliata
31
   Species  waimanaloensis St. John
common name: talus slope burr cucumber

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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