Sicyos hillebrandii
An annual Hawaiian cucurbit native to east Maui's Kula that grows in wet tropical habitats, with a tangled nomenclatural history and infraspecific taxa var. anunu, douglasii, and lanaiensis, currently treated within genus Sicyos.
Summary
Native to East Maui and Kula on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands, this annual cucurbit grows in wet tropical biomes and belongs to the Cucurbitaceae. It was first published in 1934 as the replacement name for a previously illegitimate taxon.
Taxonomic notes indicate that a variety named anunu is now treated as a separate taxon, and that additional Hawaiian varieties such as douglasii and lanaiensis have been described, with indigenous segregate genera placed in the same genus. Lectotypes remain undesignated where material is missing. The referenced information lacks details on cultivation requirements, maintenance, or uses.
Lifecycle
Annual
Growth Rate
Annual
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- St.John
- Publication
- Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 10(12): 7 (1934)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Sicyos