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Sechium
Sign in to saveSechium 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 (now Sicyos edulis).
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyCucurbitaceae
Sechium est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Cucurbitacées dont douze espèces ont été décrites. La plus connue est la chayote, plante potagère grimpante cultivée dans les pays tropicaux. Ce genre appartient à la tribu des Sicyeae.
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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 (now Sicyos edulis).
==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".