Sicyos alba
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Violanae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1992
- Order: Cucurbitales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
(koo-ker-bih-TAY-see-ay)
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Cucumber Family
- Genus: Sicyos
(SIS-eye-os)
- Burr Cucumber
- Specific epithet: alba
- Botanical name: Sicyos alba
- Specific epithet: alba
- Genus: Sicyos
(SIS-eye-os)
- Burr Cucumber
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
(koo-ker-bih-TAY-see-ay)
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Cucumber Family
- Order: Cucurbitales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Violanae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1992
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Physical Description
Family Cucurbitaceae:
The Cucurbitaceae are mostly prostrate or climbing herbaceous annuals comprising about 90 genera and 700 species that are further characterized by commonly having 5-angled stems and coiled tendrils. The leaves are alternate and usually palmately 5-lobed or divided; stipules are absent. The flowers are actinomorphic and nearly always unisexual. The perianth has a short to prolonged epigynous zone that bears a calyx of 3-6 segments or lobes and 3-6 petals or more frequently a 3-6-lobed sympetalous corolla. The androecium is highly variable, consisting of basically 5 distinct to completely connate stamens that frequently are twisted, folded or reduced in number. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2-5 carpels, generally with one style and as many style branches or major stigma lobes as carpels, and an inferior ovary with one locule and usually numerous ovules on 2-5 parietal placentae or 3 locules with numerous ovules on axile placentae. The fruit is a type of berry called a pepo. -- Gerald Carr.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sicyos:
There are approximately 146 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. microcarpus kanepuuensis · S. acariaeanthus · S. acerifolius · S. aculeatus · S. acutus · S. alba · S. albus (White Burr Cucumber) · S. ampelophyllus (Streamside Burr Cucumber) · S. ampilophyllus · S. andreanus · S. angulata · S. angulatus (Blueeyedgrass) · S. angulatus f. ohtanus · S. anunu (Lava Burr Cucumber) · S. australis · S. baderoa · S. baderoa var. ambrosianus · S. barbatus · S. bogotensis · S. bourgaeana · S. bourgaeanus · S. bryoniifolia · S. bryoniifolius · S. bryoniifolius var. ambrosiana · S. bulbosus · S. chaetocephalus · S. chirequensis · S. chiriquensis · S. collinus (Hillside Burr Cucumber) · S. cordifolius · S. cucumerinus (Gray's Burr Cucumber) · S. davilae · S. debilis · S. depauperatus · S. deppei · S. dieterleae · S. echinocystoides · S. edulis · S. eremocarpus · S. erostratus (Kealia Gulch Burr Cucumber) · S. erostratus var. kealiaensis · S. erostratus var. paucipilosus · S. fauriei · S. fretensis · S. fusiformis · S. galeottii · S. garcini · S. glaber (Smooth Burr Cucumber) · S. glabra · S. glandulosus · S. glaziovii · S. gracillimus · S. guatemalensis · S. gunnii · S. gymnacanthus · S. hederifolia · S. hederifolius · S. helleri · S. herbstii (Herbst's Burr Cucumber) · S. hildebrandii · S. hillebrandii (Maui Burr Cucumber) · S. hillebrandii var. douglasii · S. hillebrandii var. lanaiensis · S. hispidus (Pricklyfruit Burr Cucumber) · S. ignarus · S. kaalaensis · S. kawelaensis · S. kunthii · S. kuntzei · S. kuntzii · S. laciniata · S. laciniatus (Cut-Leaf Burr-Cucumber) · S. laevis · S. lanceoloidea · S. lanceoloideus · S. lasiocephalus (Hualalai Burr Cucumber) · S. lirae · S. lobatus · S. longisepalus · S. longisetosus · S. macrocarpus · S. macrophyllus (Alpine Burr Cucumber) · S. malvifolius · S. martii · S. maximowiczii (Puaokama) · S. mcvaughii · S. micrcarpus · S. microcarpus subsp. kanepuuensis · S. microcarpus subsp. lanaiensis · S. microcarpus subsp. laysanensis · S. microcarpus subsp. puberulus · S. microcarpus var. forbesii · S. microcarpus var. kalaupapaensis · S. microcarpus var. kealiaensis · S. microcarpus var. kilaueaensis · S. microcarpus var. koloaensis · S. microcarpus var. oniniensis · S. microcarpus var. paneensis · S. microcarpus var. trilobata · S. microphylla
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