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Chayote

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sechium edule
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Pignatti, 1982, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, Australia Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Cameroon Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, El Salvador Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guatemala Species List, Jamaica Species List, Madagascar Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Reunion Species List, Rwanda Species List, Spain Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Venezuela Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia MS, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, and United States Species List
Sechium edule
Recognized by Global Invasive Species Database, Furui 2020, and ECOCROP
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
Species recognized by Plant Growth Form Data from NMNH Botany specimens and GBIF national node type records UK
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
Recognized by eFloras and Flora of Zimbabwe
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sechium edule Sw.
Species recognized by GBIF classification and Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Sechium edule
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, USDA PLANTS images, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Simpson et al 2020, Simpson et al 2020, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and GGBN data coverage
Sechium edule
Recognized by BHL data coverage, TRY database summary, and Flickr Group
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, USDA Plants data, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
Recognized by NMNH Collection and Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Cucumis acutangulus Descourt.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sicyos edulis
Synonym according to NCBI

Common Names

English

chayote preferred
Recognized by USDA PLANTS images and admin
Chayote
prefer
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe and Simpson et al 2020
Cho cho
prefer
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Chou chou
prefer
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Susu
prefer
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe

Afrikaans

Sjoe-sjoe preferred
Recognized by admin

French

chou-choute preferred
Recognized by admin
christophine
prefer
Recognized by admin

Italian

Chayote preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982

Japanese

ハヤトウリ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
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Curated hierarchies for Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sechium
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre R. Lira & J. Castrejon
Sechium chinantlense R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (P. G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum R. Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pitt.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L. D. Gómez) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Sechium P. Browne
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre Lira & Castrejón
Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum Lira & M. Née

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre R. Lira & J. Castrejon
Sechium chinantlense R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (P. G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum R. Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pitt.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L. D. Gómez) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sechium
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (this page)
Sechium edule ssp. edule
Sechium edule ssp. sylvestre R. Lira & J. Castrejon
Sechium chinantlense R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (P. G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum R. Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pitt.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L. D. Gómez) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre R. Lira & J. Castrejon
Sechium chinantlense R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (P. G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum R. Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pitt.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L. D. Gómez) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sechium P. Browne
Sechium edule Sw. (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre R. Lira & J. Castrejón
Sechium chinantlense R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
Sechium mexicanum R. Lira & M. Nee
Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) R. Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium tacaco (Pitt.) C. Jeffrey
Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey
Sechium venosum (L. D. Gómez) Lira & F. Chiang
Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Rosanae
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sechium P. Browne
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
rosids
fabids
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sicyoeae
Sechium
Sechium edule (this page)
Sechium chinantlense
Sechium compositum
Sechium hintonii
Sechium mexicanum

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Sicyoeae
Sechium
Sechium edule (this page)
Sechium edule subsp. edule
Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre
Sechium amazonicum
Sechium chinantlense
Sechium compositum
Sechium hintonii
Sechium jamaicense
Sechium mexicanum
Sechium palmatum
Sechium panamense
Sechium peruvianum
Sechium pittieri
Sechium tacaco
Sechium talamancense
Sechium talamancensis
Sechium venosum
Sechium villosum
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