Selysia

Selysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Cucurbiteae
Genus:
Cogn. (1881)
Species[1]

Four; see text

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Selysia Cogn". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ Schaefer, Hanno; Renner, Susanne S. (February 2011). "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Order Cucurbitales and a New Classification of the Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 60 (1): 122–138. doi:10.1002/tax.601011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  3. ^ Knapp, Sandra; Hampshire, Rachel J. (1994). "A New Species of Selysia (Cucurbitaceae) from Mesoamerica and a Synopsis of the Genus". Novon. 4 (1). Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 35–37. doi:10.2307/3391696. JSTOR 3391696.
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