Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Cucurbitaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sicyos L., Sp. Pl. 1013 (1753)
 Description

Monoec. scrambling or climbing herbs; petals united at base, anthers cohering; ovary 1-locular, ovule 1, pend.; stigmas 3. Fr. ovoid, dry, ind., beset with barbed bristles.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Sicyos L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total2
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P.; de Lange, P.J.; Bruhl, J.J.; Renner, S.S. 2012: Morphological and molecular data reveal three rather than one species of Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia, New Zealand and Islands of the South West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 25: 188–201.