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. 8 pp. Preprint from 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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