Sechium

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Sechium
Sechium edule 143-8738.jpg
Sechium edule
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Sechium
P.Browne
Species
  • Sechium chinantlense
  • Sechium compositum
  • Sechium edule - chayote
  • Sechium hintonii
  • Sechium pittieri
  • Sechium venosum[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Chayota Jacq.
  • Chocho Adans.
  • Frantzia Pittier
  • Polakowskia Pittier

Sechium is a genus in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote.

Species[]

The accepted species in the genus are:[3]

  • Lira & F. Chiang
  • (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
  • Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
  • (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
  • Lira & M. Nee
  • (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang
  • (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
  • (Pittier) C. Jeffrey
  • (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
  • (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang
  • (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium edule fruit with its single internally germinating seed

References[]

  1. ^ Rafael Lira Saade (1996). Chayote: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw (PDF). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
  2. ^ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
  3. ^ The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 11 March 2016)


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