Selysia
Genus of plants
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Selysia is a genus of the gourd family. It includes four species of climbers native to southern Central America and northern South America, ranging from Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil.[1]
| Selysia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Cucurbiteae |
| Genus: | Selysia Cogn. (1881) |
| Species[1] | |
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Four; see text | |
Plants of the World Online accepts the genus.[1] A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.[2]
Species
Four species are accepted.[1]
- Selysia bidentata Hampshire – native to Panama and northwestern Colombia[3]
- Selysia cordata Cogn. – Colombia
- Selysia prunifera (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn. – Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil
- Selysia smithii (Standl.) C. Jeffrey – western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
