256.0000
Family
Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1085; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Élém. 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 28, 29 (1829)
256.1110
Genus
Sicyos L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1013 (1753)
Distribution: Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, SW-Oceania, Hawaiian Isl., N- and South America
Species listed in database: 78
= Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 92 (1944)
= Anomalosicyos Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 565 (1946)
= Baderoa Bertero ex Hook.; Bot. Misc. 3: 324 (1833)
= Chayota Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 1: t. 245 (1780)
= Chocho Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 500 (1763)
= Cladocarpa (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Costarica L.D.Gómez; Phytologia 53(2): 97 (1983)
= Micrampelis Raf.; Med. Repos. 5: 350 (1808)
= Microsechium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 25 (1866)
= Parasicyos Dieterle; Phytologia 32(4): 289 (1975)
= Polakowskia Pittier; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 131 (1910)
= Pterosicyos Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 72 (1914)
= Sarx H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Sechiopsis Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 23 (1866)
= Sechium P.Browne; Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 355 (1756)
= Sicyocarya (A.Gray) H.St.John; Phytologia 38(5): 407 (1978)
= Sicyocaulis Wiggins; Madroño 20: 251 (1970)
= Sicyoides Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
= Sicyosperma A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 62 (in Smithson. Contr. v.) (1853)
= Skottsbergiliana H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 28(4): 457 (1974 publ. (1975)
species :
Sicyos acariaeanthus
Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 172 (1923)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos alba
(H.St.John) I.Telford; Phytologia 67(3): 210 (1989)
Distribution: Hawaii (Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered, USA Status: Endangered
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarx alba H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 493 (1978)
species :
Sicyos ampelophyllus
Wooton & Standl.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 111 (1909)
Name: Streamside bur cucumber
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
species :
Sicyos andreanus
Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 2, 49: 200 (1880)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos andreanus (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
species :
Sicyos angulatus
L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1013 (1753)
Name: Oneseed bur cucumber (EN), Haargurke (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria [I]; Czech Republic [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Croatia [I]; former Yugoslavia [I]; Romania [I]; NE-Greece [I]; Belarus [I]; C-European Russia [I]; Ukraine [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Canada (Ontario, Québec); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, etc.)
11 aut cze ger hun slo 13 cro grc ita rom sic 14 blr rus ukr 33 geo 38 jap kor 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Elaterium trifoliatum L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 123 (1767)
= Micrampelis echinata Raf.; Med. Repos., Ser. 2, 5: 350 (1808)
= Sicyoides angulata (L.) Medik.; Philos. Bot. [Medikus] 1: 36 (1789)
= Sicyoides angulata (L.) Moench; Methodus [Moench] 514 (1794), isonym
= Sicyos acutus Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 113 (1817)
= Sicyos angulatus f. ohtanus Asai; J. Jap. Bot. 54: 256 (1979)
= Sicyos schimperi Naudin; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 268 (1867)
species :
Sicyos anunu
(St.John) I.Telford; Phytologia 67(3): 211 (1989)
Distribution: Hawaii (Lanai, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos hillebrandii var. anunu H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
= Sicyos hillebrandii var. douglasii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
= Sicyos hillebrandii var. lanaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
species :
Sicyos australis
Endl.; Prom. Golfe Gascogne 67 (1833)
Distribution: Australia (SE-Queensland, New South Wales, E-Victoria, Tasmania); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand
50 AUS LHI NFK 51 NZL
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos angulatus G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 368 (1786) et auct. non L.
= Sicyos fretensis Hook.f.; London J. Bot. 6: 473 (1847)
= Sicyos gunnii Hook.f. ex Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 875 (1881), nomen
species :
Sicyos baderoa
Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 324 (1833)
Name: Brionia, calabacillo, tupac-llanco [Chile]
Distribution: Venezuela (Mérida); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago); Juan Fdz. Isl.
82 VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 85 CLE JNF
Synonyms: hidden
= Baderoa arenaria Bertero ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 179 (1841)
= Baderoa bryoniifolia (Moris) Bert ex Hook.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 179 (1841)
= Sicyos bryoniifolius Moris; Index Sem. (Turin) 1831: 28 (1831), et in Mem. Acad. Torin. 37: 106, t. 6 (1834)
variant :
var. ambrosianus
(Skottsb.) Martic. & Quezada; Gayana, Bot. 48(1-4): 123 (1991)
Distribution: Desventuradas Isl.
85 DSV
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos bryoniifolius var. ambrosiana Skottsb.; Handl. Vetensk. Vitterh.-Samhalles, Goteborg, Femte Foljd, Ser. B, 5(6): 50, fig. 25 (1937)
species :
Sicyos barbatus
(Gentry) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 33(2): 362 (1978)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sinaloa); Guatemala; ?Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Mérida, Miranda)
79 MEX 80 GUA NIC PAN 82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos barbatus Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 565 (1946)
= Anomalosicyos barbatus f. lobatus Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 567 (1946)
species :
Sicyos bogotensis
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 874 (1881)
Distribution: ?Colombia; Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Mérida, Trujillo)
82 VEN
species :
Sicyos brandegeeana
R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 221 (2025), nom. nov.
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pterosicyos laciniatus Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 72 (1914)
= Sechiopsis laciniatus (Brandegee) Kearns; Syst. Bot. 17(3): 402 (1992)
= Sicyos laciniatus (Brandegee) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 150 (2025), nom. illeg.
species :
Sicyos bulbosus
Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 145(3): 373 (2004)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos chaetocephalus
Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 172 (1923)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos chinantlensis
(Lira & F.Chiang) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 138 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechium chinantlense Lira & F.Chiang; Novon 2(3): 229 (1992)
species :
Sicyos chiriquensis
Hammel & D´Arcy; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 68(1): 215 (1981)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos motozintlensis E.J.Lott & Fryxell; Brittonia 35(1): 34 (1983)
= Costarica chiriquensis (Hammel & D´Arcy) L.D.Gómez
= Costarica hamata L.D.Gómez P.; Phytologia 53(2): 97 (1983)
species :
Sicyos collinus
Rob. & Fernald; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 30: 116 (1895)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos compositus
(Donn.Sm.) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 139 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Querétaro); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Ahzolia composita (Donn.Sm.) Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 92 (1944)
= Microsechium compositum Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 35: 2 (1903)
= Sechium compositum (Donn.Sm.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 33(2): 361 (1978)
species :
Sicyos cordifolius
Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Dávila; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 145(3): 375 (2004)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos cucumerinus
A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 652, t. 82 (1854)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarx kauaiensis H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 109(2): 257 (1987)
= Sicyocarya cucumerina (A.Gray) H.St.John; Phytologia 38(5): 407 (1978)
= Sicyocarya mauiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 53 (1987)
= Sicyocarya molokaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 53 (1987)
= Sicyocarya saltuaria H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
= Sicyocarya umbellata H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
species :
Sicyos davilae
Rodr.-Arév. & Lira; Bol. Soc. Bot. México 68: 81 (2001)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA
species :
Sicyos debilis
Cogn.; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 104 (1898)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
83 BOL
species :
Sicyos dieterleae
Rodr.-Arév. & Lira; Acta Bot. Mex. 48: 15 (1999)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos dipterus
(Kearns) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 139 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechiopsis diptera Kearns; Syst. Bot. 17(3): 400 (1992)
species :
Sicyos distinctus
(Kearns) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 149 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechiopsis distincta Kearns; Syst. Bot. 17(3): 405 (1992)
species :
Sicyos edulis
Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 32 (1760)
Name: Chayote, Tallón, Tallote (ES); Cho cho, Christophine, White pear (EN)
Distribution: Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Croatia [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I]); Cameroon [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; São Tomé [I]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Seychelles [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I]); Japan [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (widespread); Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Jawa [I]; New Guinea [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I], Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Louisiana [I]); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Tortola [I]); Saba [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]
13 cro ita sic 21 cny 23 bio cmn sao 28 asc sth 29 mau reu rod sey 36 chi 38 jap tai 40 ban bhu ind nep 41 and cbd mya tha vie 42 jaw nwg 50 aus 51 nzl 60 fij 61 coo sci 62 gum 63 haw 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 bbd cay cub dom gdl his jam mar pue sab stv trt vir 82 clm ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra
Synonyms: hidden
= Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 2: 245 (1780)
= Cucumis acutangulus Descourt.; Fl. Antill. 5: 94, t. 328 (1827)
= Sechium americanum Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 50 (1783)
= Sechium chayota Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 491 (1879)
= Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150 (1800)
= Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre Lira & Castrejón; Acta Bot. Mex. 49: 57 (1999)
= Sicyos laciniatus Descourt.; Fl. Méd. Antilles 5: 103 (1827), nom. illeg., non L.
species :
Sicyos erostratus
H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
Distribution: Hawaii (Oahu, Molokai)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos erostratus var. herbstii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
= Sicyos erostratus var. kealiaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
= Sicyos erostratus var. paucipilosus H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 187 (1987)
species :
Sicyos fusiformis
Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 108 (1878)
Distribution: NE-Brazil
84 BRA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos fusiformis (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
species :
Sicyos galeottii
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 883 (1881)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos glaber
Wooton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 310 (1898)
Name: Smooth bur cucumber
Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas)
77 USA
species :
Sicyos gonzalo-palomae
(Lira) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 149 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Microsechium gonzalo-palomae Lira; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 65(2): 74 (1994 publ. 1995)
species :
Sicyos gracilis
(A.Gray) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 149 (2025)
Name: Climbing arrowheads
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyosperma gracile A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 62 (in Smithson. Contr. 5) (1853)
species :
Sicyos gracillimus
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 886 (1881)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos guatemalensis
Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 96 (1944)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí); Guatemala; ?Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 GUA NIC
species :
Sicyos herbstii
(H.St.John) I.Telford; Phytologia 67(3): 210 (1989)
Distribution: Hawaii (leeward Kauai, ?Molokai)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Cladocarpa herbstii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987)
= Cladocarpa julesii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987)
= Cladocarpa pauciramosa H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
= Sicyocarya lebishopii H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 53 (1987)
species :
Sicyos hillebrandii
H.St.John; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 10: no. 12, 7 (1934)
Distribution: +Hawaii (+East Maui)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Extinct
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos laciniatus Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 138 (1888), nom. illeg.
species :
Sicyos hintonii
(Paul G.Wilson) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 149 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Microsechium hintonii Paul G.Wilson; Kew Bull. 13: 161 (1958)
= Sechium hintonii (Paul G.Wilson) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 33(2): 360 (1978)
species :
Sicyos hispidus
Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 136 (1888)
Distribution: Hawaii (Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Cladocarpa capitata H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987)
= Cladocarpa discoidea H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987)
= Cladocarpa harrisoniae H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987), as ´harrisonae´
= Cladocarpa hispida (Hillebr.) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Cladocarpa kawelaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 185 (1987), without type
= Cladocarpa lanaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
= Cladocarpa lehuaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
= Cladocarpa munroi H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
= Cladocarpa umbellata H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
= Cladocarpa waimeaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 186 (1987)
species :
Sicyos ignarus
Mart.Crov.; Bonplandia (Corrientes) 1: 359 (1964)
Distribution: Argentina (Salta)
85 ARG
species :
Sicyos kunthii
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 888 (1881)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Ecuador; Peru; Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán)
79 MEX 83 ECU PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos parviflorus Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 119 (1817), nom. illeg.
species :
Sicyos kuntzei
Cogn.; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 104 (1898)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type
species :
Sicyos laciniatus
L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 1013 (1753)
Name: Cutleaf bur cucumber; Gustoso (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos bourgaeanus Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 22 (1866)
= Sicyos laciniatus var. subinteger Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 880 (1881)
= Sicyos parviflorus A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 62 (1853), nom. illeg.
= Sicyos parvifolius A.Gray ex Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 22 (1866)
= Sicyos vitifolius Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 626 (1805)
species :
Sicyos laevis
A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 648 (1854)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos lanceoloideus
(H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & D.R.Herbst; Novon 9(3): 444 (1999)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyocarya kaalaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya kalalauensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya kauaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya lanceoloidea H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya obatae H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 53 (1987)
species :
Sicyos lasiocephalus
Skottsb.; Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 184 (1935 publ. 1936)
Distribution: Hawaii (Molokai, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Skottsbergiliana lasiocephala (Skottsb.) H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 28(4): 458 (1974 publ. 1975)
= Skottsbergiliana partita H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 28(4): 460 (1974 publ. 1975)
species :
Sicyos lirae
Rodr.-Arév.; Brittonia 55(1): 69 (2003)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Sicyos longisepalus
Cogn. ex Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 11 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos echinocystoides Cogn. ex Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(5): 319 (1895)
species :
Sicyos longisetosus
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 882 (1881)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Sicyos macrocarpus
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 893 (1881)
Distribution: Colombia (Caldas, Nariño, Quindío); Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Mérida, Sucre); Peru
82 CLM VEN 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos macrocarpus (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
species :
Sicyos macrophylla
A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 651, t. 81 (1854)
Distribution: Hawaii (Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyocarya beccifer H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya cruralis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya hawaiiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya kilaueaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya kipahuluensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya konaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya macrophylla (A.Gray) H.St.John; Phytologia 38(5): 407 (1978)
= Sicyocarya puberula H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
= Sicyocarya rockii H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
species :
Sicyos maculatus
(Dieterle) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 150 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco); Guatemala; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Parasicyos maculatus Dieterle; Phytologia 32(4): 289 (1975)
species :
Sicyos malvifolius
Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 147 (1874)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Uruguay (Montevideo); Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Tucumán)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG URU
species :
Sicyos martii
Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 109 (1878)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás); NE-Brazil (Ceará); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos martii (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
species :
Sicyos mawhai
I.Telford & P.Sebastian; Austral. Syst. Bot. 25(3): 196 (2012)
Distribution: New Zealand (North Isl.)
51 NZL
species :
Sicyos maximowiczii
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 895 (1881)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kure Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Isl., Lanai, Niihau, +Oahu)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Cladocarpa atollensis (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Cladocarpa caumii (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Cladocarpa lamoureuxii (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Cladocarpa maximowiczii (Cogn.) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Cladocarpa niihauensis (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
= Sicyos atollensis H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 446 (1970)
= Sicyos caumii H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 448 (1970)
= Sicyos lamoureuxii H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 451 (1970)
= Sicyos niihauensis H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 13: 175 (1959)
species :
Sicyos mcvaughii
Rodr.-Arév., Lira & Calzada; Brittonia 57(1): 43 (2005)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 NIC
species :
Sicyos mexicanus
(Lira & M.Nee) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 150 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechium mexicanum Lira & M.Née; Brittonia 51(2): 204 (1999)
species :
Sicyos microphyllos
Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 119 (1817)
Name: Small-leaf bur cucumber
Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos acerifolius Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 370 (1917)
= Sicyos deppei G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 34 (1834)
= Sicyos glandulosus M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2(Syn. Pepon.): 105 (1846), nom. illeg.
= Sicyos sinaloae Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 370 (1917)
= Sicyos vitifolius Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. [Hooker & Arnott] 292 (1838), nom. illeg.
species :
Sicyos montanus
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 53, t. 172 (1838)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Risaralda); Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos aculeatus R.E.Fr.; Ark. Bot. 6(11): 5 (1907)
= Sicyos subcorymbosus Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 887 (1881)
= Sicyos subcorymbosus var. inermis Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 888 (1881)
= Sicyos trigeminus Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 38 (1893)
species :
Sicyos odonellii
Mart.Crov.; Lilloa 27: 305 (1955)
Distribution: Bolivia (Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán)
83 BOL 85 ARG
species :
Sicyos pachycarpa
Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. [Hooker & Arnott] 83 (1832)
Distribution: Hawaii (Lanai, Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyocarya atrimaculata H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya rostrata H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
= Sicyos laysanensis H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 440 (1970)
= Sicyos microcarpus H.Mann; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 167 (1867)
= Sicyos microcarpus subsp. kanepuuensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus subsp. lanaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus subsp. laysanensis (H.St.John) H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus subsp. puberulus H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. ewaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. forbesii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. haleakalaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. kalaupapaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. kamoaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. kauaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. kealiaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. kilaueaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. koeleensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. koloaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. lanaiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. laysanensis (H.St.John) H.St.John; Phytologia 62: 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. meeboldii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. obovoideis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 191 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. oniniensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. paneensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. pohakeaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 188 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. trilobata H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 190 (1987)
= Sicyos microcarpus var. woolfordii H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 189 (1987)
= Sicyos niger H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 192 (1987)
= Sicyos nihoaensis H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 443 (1970)
= Sicyos remyana Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 898 (1881)
species :
Sicyos palmata
Moc. & Sessé ex Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 111 (1878)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Microsechium guatemalense Hemsl.; Diagn. Pl. Iber. 16 (1878)
= Microsechium helleri (Peyr.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 910 (1881)
= Microsechium palmatum (Ser.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 911 (1881)
= Microsechium ruderale Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 25 (1866)
= Sechium palmatum Ser.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 313 (1828)
= Sicyos helleri Peyr.; Linnaea 30: 56 (1859 publ. 1860)
= Sicyos scaberrima M.Martens & Galeotti ex Peyr.; Linnaea 30: 57 (1859 publ. 1860)
species :
Sicyos palmatilobus
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 891 (1881)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos palmatilobus (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
species :
Sicyos parviflorus
Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 626 (1806)
Name: Smallflower bur cucumber
Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Colombia; Ecuador
77 USA 79 MEX 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Anomalosicyos quinquelobatus (Cogn.) Gentry; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 569 (1946)
= Sicyos depauperatus Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 23 (1866)
= Sicyos quinquelobatus Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 109 (1878)
= Sicyos silvestris Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 370 (1917)
species :
Sicyos peninsularis
Brandegee; Zoë 5: 159 (1903)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Sicyos pentagonus
(Wiggins) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 150 (2025)
Distribution: Galápagos
83 GAL
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyocaulis pentagonus Wiggins; Madroño 20: 252 (1970)
species :
Sicyos polyacanthos
Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 107 (1878)
Distribution: Angola [I]; Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Canindeyu); Uruguay (Paysandú, Salto); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán)
26 ang 80 NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
species :
Sicyos sangeetae
R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 225 (2025), nom. nov.
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Parasicyos dieterleae Lira & R.Torres; Acta Bot. Mex. 16: 98 (1991)
= Sicyos dieterleae (Lira & R.Torres) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 139 (2025), nom. illeg.
species :
Sicyos semitonsus
H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 24: 453 (1970)
Distribution: Hawaii (Lanai)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare
Synonyms: hidden
= Cladocarpa semitonsa (H.St.John) H.St.John; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 99(4): 491 (1978)
species :
Sicyos sertulifer
Cogn. ex T.Durand & Pittier; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30: 277 (1891 publ. 1892)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán); Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS
species :
Sicyos tetrapterus
(Dieterle) R.Kr.Singh; J. Biodivers. Conservation 9(2): 151 (2025)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechiopsis tetraptera Dieterle; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 14: 69 (1980)
species :
Sicyos triqueter
Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 309 (1828)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Sechiopsis triqueter (Ser.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 24 (1866)
species :
Sicyos undara
I.Telford & P.Sebastian; Austral. Syst. Bot. 25(3): 194 (2012)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Sicyos urolobus
Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 775 (1933)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos vargasii
Standl. & F.A.Barkley; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 82 (1947)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Sicyos villosus
Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 223 (1847)
Distribution: Galápagos
83 GAL
species :
Sicyos waimanaloensis
H.St.John; Phytologia 63(3): 192 (1987)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, +Oahu, Molokai)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyocarya kaenaensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 51 (1987)
= Sicyocarya kokocrateris H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 52 (1987)
= Sicyocarya paucifrugalis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 53 (1987)
= Sicyocarya protrusa H.St.John; Phytologia 64(1): 54 (1987)
species :
Sicyos warmingii
Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 108 (1878)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Tucumán)
84 BRA 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Sicyos montanus Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 147 (1874), nom. illeg.
variant :
var. longispinus
Mart.Crov.; Bonplandia (Corrientes) 1: 358 (1964)
Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
85 ARG
species :
Sicyos weberbaueri
Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 173 (1923)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
