Sicyos macrophyllus

Sicyos macrophyllus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Sicyos
Species Sicyos macrophyllus

Name

Sicyos macrophyllus A.Gray, 1853.

Synonyms

• Sicyocarya beccifer H. St. John
• Sicyocarya cruralis H. St. John
• Sicyocarya hawaiiensis H. St. John
• Sicyocarya kilaueaensis H. St. John
• Sicyocarya kipahuluensis H. St. John
• Sicyocarya konaensis H. St. John
• Sicyocarya macrophylla (A. Gray) St. John
• Sicyocarya puberula H. St. John
• Sicyocarya rockii H. St. John

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional:Northern Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaii Isl. (windward slope Kohala Mts, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa-Mauna Kea saddle)) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gray, A. 1853. Characters of some new genera of plants, mostly from Polynesia, in the collection of the United States Exploring Expedition, under Captain Wilkes. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 48–54. BHL Reference page. : 3: 54.

Additional references

• Wagner, W.L. & Shannon, R.K. 1999. Nomenclator of Hawaiian Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae). Novon 9(3): 441–447..

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Sicyos macrophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sicyos macrophyllus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 31 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sicyos macrophyllus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Sicyos macrophyllus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

English: alpine burr cucumber

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