| Sicana | |
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| Sicana odorifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Cucurbiteae |
| Genus: | Sicana Naudin |
Sicana is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. There are three or four species, found in rainforest and secondary scrub in the Caribbean and Central America.
Species
According to Hanno Schaefer and Susanne Renner, there are four species in the genus. As of March 2016, The Plant List gave only three accepted species:
- Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin
- Sicana sphaerica Hook.
- Sicana trinitensis Cheesman
References
- "Plant Name Details for Sicana Naudin", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2016-03-02
- ^ Schaefer, Hanno & Renner, Susanne S. (2011), "Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)", Taxon, 60 (1): 122–138, doi:10.1002/tax.601011, retrieved 2016-03-02
- "Search results for Sicana", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-03-02
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sicana | |