Selysia
Selysia is a genus of the gourd family. It includes four species of climbers native to southern Central America and northern South America, ranging from Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil.
Plants of [the World Online] accepts the genus. A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.
Species
Four species are accepted.- Selysia bidentata Hampshire – native to Panama and northwestern Colombia
- Selysia cordata Cogn. – Colombia
- Selysia prunifera Cogn. – Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil
- Selysia smithii C. Jeffrey – western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru