Sicydium (plant)
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''Sicydium'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the cucumber family,
Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae (), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family (biology), family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera.
. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to northeastern Argentina.


Species

Nine species are accepted. *''
Sicydium araguense'' *'' Sicydium davilae'' *'' Sicydium diffusum'' *'' Sicydium gracile'' *'' Sicydium nereoi'' *'' Sicydium schiedeanum'' *'' Sicydium synantherum'' *'' Sicydium tamnifolium'' *'' Sicydium tuerckheimii''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q842663 Cucurbitaceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm Taxa named by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Cucurbitaceae