Sicana

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]

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

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
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References
  1. "Plant Name Details for Sicana Naudin", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2016-03-02
  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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