Sechium edule

Sechium edule subsp. edule

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Pagina principale Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamilia: Cucurbitoideae
Tribus: Sicyeae
Subtribus: Sicyinae
Genus: Sechium
Species: Sechium edule
Subspecies: S. e. subsp. edule – S. e. subsp. sylvestre

Name

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw., 1800.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sicyos edulis Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 32. 1760.
• Homotypic
  • Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 125, t. 245. 1780.

• Heterotypic
  • Cucumis acutangulus Descourt., Fl. Antilles 5: 94. 1827, p.p., excl. syn., nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Sechium chayota Hemsl., Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. vol. 1, 491. 1880, nom. inval.
  • Sechium americanum Poir., Encycl. (Lamarck) 7: 50. 1806.
  • Sicyos laciniatus Descourt., Fl. Antilles vol. 5, 103. 1827, p.p., excl. icon., nom. illeg. non L. (1753).

References

Sw. 1800. Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150.

Vernacular name

English: chayote, pear squash, vegetable pear
Nederlands: chayote
português: chuchu
русский: чаыот
Türkçe: Dikenli kabak

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