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.
Taxonomy
- 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:
chaetocephalus
- Harms
- Botanical name: - Sicyos chaetocephalus Harms
- Specific epithet:
chaetocephalus
- Harms
- Genus:
Sicyos
(
- Family:
Cucurbitaceae
(
- Order:
Cucurbitales
(
- Superorder:
Violanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Harms Publication : Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 172 1923
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sicyos
There are approximately 135 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. acariaeanthus · S. acerifolius · S. aculeatus · S. acutus · S. alba · S. albus (White Burr Cucumber) · S. ampelophyllus (Streamside Burr Cucumber) · 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. glandulosus · S. glaziovii · S. gracillimus · S. guatemalensis · S. gunnii · S. gymnacanthus · S. hederifolia · S. hederifolius · S. helleri · S. herbstii (Herbst's Burr Cucumber) · 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. 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 kanepuuensis · 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 · S. microphyllus (Burr Cucumber) · S. minimus · S. montanus · S. motozintlensis
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Notes
Contributors
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9472890
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293939-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 235471-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1247575
