Sicyos Linnaeus 1753 (burr cucumber)

Angiospermae - Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Cucurbitaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Cucumis, Cucumites, Cucurbitaciphyllum, Cucurbites, Cucurbitospermum, Melothria, Selysia

Subtaxa: Sicyos angulata Sicyos florissantia Sicyos laciniata Sicyos trifoliata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sicyos in the database

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