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Genus of plants

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: Selysia
Cogn. (1881)
Species

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.

Plants of the World Online accepts the genus. A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.

Species

Four species are accepted.

References

  1. ^ "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.
Taxon identifiers
Selysia
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