Sicyos angulatus

Sicyos angulatus

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
Tribus: Sicyoeae
Genus: Sicyos
Species: Sicyos angulatus

Name

Sicyos angulatus L., 1753.

• Lectotypus: Herb. Clifford 452, Sicyos no. 1 (BM), vide C.Jeffrey, 1980.

Homonym

• • Sicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius (1767) = Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn.
  • Sicyos angulatus G.Forst. (1786) = Sicyos australis Endl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America 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), Canada (Ontario, Quebec), Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, etc.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1013.

Additional references

• Green, M.L., 1929. Prop. Brit. Bot. 190.
• Jeffrey, C. 1980. Cucurb. E. Asia : 88.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Sicyos angulatus. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sicyos angulatus. Published online. Accessed Dec 30 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sicyos angulatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Sicyos angulatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 30 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sicyos angulatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 November 2010.

Vernacular names

English: burr cucumber, star-cucumber, oneseed burr cucumber
suomi: Karvakurkku

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