Linnaeosicyos
Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara., which is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Taxonomy
The genus name of Linnaeosicyos is in honour of Carl Linnaeus. The Latin specific epithet of amara is derived from amarus meaning bitter.Both the genus and species were first described in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 350 in 2008.