Sicyos edulis

Sechium edule subsp. edule

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 edulis

Name

Sicyos edulis Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 32. 1760.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 125, t. 245. 1780.
  • Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150 (1800).

• 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.
  • Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre Lira & Castrejón, Acta Bot. Mex. 49: 57 (1999)
  • 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.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. Sicyos edulis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2000 Dec 12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Чаёт ядомы
English: chayote, pear squash, vegetable pear
español: chayote
suomi: Kajottikurpitsa
Nāhuatl: chayotli
Nederlands: chayote
português: chuchu
русский: чаыот
Türkçe: Dikenli kabak

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