Sicana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Cucurbiteae
Genus: Sicana
Species: S. fragrans – S. odorifera – S. sphaerica – S. trinitensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Sicana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 28. Reference page.

Name

Sicana Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 18: 180. 1862.

Type species: Cucurbita odorifera Vell.

References
Primary references

Naudin, C.V., 1862. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4, 18: 180.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Sicana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sicana. Published online. Accessed: Dec 28 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sicana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Sicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sicana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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

"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