Sicyos ampelophyllus (Streamside Burr Cucumber, Streamside Burr-Cucumber)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Streamside Burr Cucumber, Streamside Burr-Cucumber

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.

Physical Description

Habit: Vine , Forb/herb

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Dilleniidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Violanae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Cucurbitales () - Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Cucurbitaceae () - Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons. - Cucumber Family
        Genus: Sicyos ()
        Specific epithet: ampelophyllus - Wooton & Standl.
        Botanical name: - Sicyos ampelophyllus Wooton & Standl.

Unambiguous Synonyms

Sicyos ampelophyllus Woot. & Standl.
Sicyos ampelophyllus Wooton & Standl., 1909

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Sicyos

There are approximately 135 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

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Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2648196
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-22401
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741855
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293926-1
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 22401
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 235467-2
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SIAM
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 62445