Sicana

Sicana
Sicana odorifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Cucurbitales
Family:Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:Cucurbiteae
Genus:Sicana
Naudin[1]

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.[2]

Species

According to Hanno Schaefer and Susanne Renner, there are four species in the genus.[2] As of March 2016, The Plant List gave only three accepted species:[3]

  • Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin
  • Sicana sphaerica Hook.
  • Sicana trinitensis Cheesman

References

  1. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Sicana Naudin", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2016-03-02
  2. 1 2 Schaefer, Hanno & Renner, Susanne S. (2011), "Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF), Taxon, 60 (1): 122–138, retrieved 2016-03-02
  3. ↑ "Search results for Sicana", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-03-02
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