Sechium
Sechium was a genus of plants now subsumed into the genus Sicyos: also placed in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member was the edible and widely cultivated chayote.
Species
Several species formerly placed in genus Sechium have now been placed in other genera. Several other species names are unplaced – "names that cannot be accepted, nor can they be put into synonymy".Formerly placed here
- Cayaponia amazonica
- Cayaponia peruviana
- Microsechium compositum
- Microsechium hintonii
- Microsechium palmatum
- Sicyos edulis – chayote or christophene
Unplaced species names
- Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
- Sechium mexicanum Lira & M.Nee
- Sechium panamense Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium pittieri C.Jeffrey
- Sechium tacaco C.Jeffrey
- Sechium talamancensis C.Jeffrey
- Sechium venosum Lira & F.Chiang
- Sechium villosum C.Jeffrey