Bur Cucumber

Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as burr cucumbers.^[2]

Selected species

• Sicyos albus (H.St.John) I.Telford
• Sicyos angulatus L.
• Sicyos australis Endl.
• Sicyos baderoa Hook. & Arn.
• Sicyos fusiformis
• Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John
• Sicyos lasiocephalus Skottsb.
• Sicyos martii

• Sicyos maximowiczii
• Sicyos mcvaughii Rodr.-Arév. et al.
• Sicyos macrophyllus
• Sicyos microphyllus Kunth
• Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arn.
• Sicyos polyacanthos
• Sicyos quinquelobatus
• Sicyos sertuliferus
• Sicyos warmingii^[3]

Out of 130 species which have been attributed to the genus, just 37 are currently accepted by botanists.^[4]

Formerly placed here

• Blastania garcini (Burm.f.) Cogn. (as S. garcini Burm.f.)
• Cissus trifoliata (L.) L. (as S. trifoliatus L.)
• Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray (as S. lobatus Michx.)
• Marah oregana (Torr. & A.Gray) Howell (as S. oreganus Torr. & A.Gray)
• Sechiopsis triquetra (Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.) Naudin (as S. triqueter Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.)
• Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (as S. edulis Jacq.)^[3]

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