Sechium edule subsp. edule

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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).

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Vernacular names

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