Sechium
Genus of plants
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Sechium was a genus of plants now subsumed into the genus Sicyos:[1] also placed in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member was the edible and widely cultivated chayote (now Sicyos edulis).
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| Sechium | |
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| Sechium tacaco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Sicyoeae |
| Genus: | Sechium P.Browne |
Species
Several species formerly placed in genus Sechium have now been placed in other genera. Several other species names are unplaced – "names that cannot be accepted, nor can they be put into synonymy".[2]
Formerly placed here
- Cayaponia amazonica (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn. (as Sechium amazonicum Poepp. & Endl.)
- Cayaponia peruviana (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn. (as Sechium peruvianum Poepp. & Endl.)
- Microsechium compositum Donn.Sm. (as Sechium compositum (Donn.Sm.) C.Jeffrey)
- Microsechium hintonii Paul G.Wilson (as Sechium hintonii (Paul G.Wilson) C.Jeffrey)
- Microsechium palmatum (Ser.) Cogn. (as Sechium palmatum Ser.)
- Sicyos edulis (as Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. or Sechium americanum Poir.) – chayote or christophene
Unplaced species names
- Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
- Sechium mexicanum Lira & M.Nee
- Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
- Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
