Sechium

Sechium is a genus in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote.

Sechium
Sechium edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Sicyoeae
Genus: Sechium
P.Browne
Species
  • Sechium chinantlense
  • Sechium compositum
  • Sechium edule - chayote
  • Sechium hintonii
  • Sechium pittieri
  • Sechium venosum[1]
Synonyms[2]

Species

The accepted species in the genus are:[3]

  • Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
  • Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
  • Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
  • Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
  • Sechium mexicanum Lira & M. Nee
  • Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang
  • Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
  • Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C. Jeffrey
  • Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey
  • Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang
  • Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium edule fruit with its single internally germinating seed

References
  1. Rafael Lira Saade (1996). Chayote: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw (PDF). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
  2. "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 11 March 2016)


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