| Name | Sechium P. Browne |
| Authorship | P. Browne |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cucurbitaceae |
| Contains | Sechium amazonicum Poepp. & Endl. Sechium americanum Poir. Sechium chayota Hemsl. Sechium chinantlense Lira & F.Chiang Sechium compositum (Donn.Sm.) C.Jeffrey Sechium edule (Jacquin) Swartz Sechium hintonii (Paul G.Wilson) C.Jeffrey Sechium mexicanum Lira & M. Nee Sechium palmatum Ser. Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang Sechium peruvianum Poepp. & Endl. Sechium peruvium Poepp. & Endl. Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey Sechium sp. Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C.Jeffrey Sechium talamancense (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C. Jeffrey |
| Remarks | nom. & typ. cons.: S. edule (Jacq.) Sw. (Prodr. 1150. 1800) (based on Sicyos edulis Jacq.) |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13403-1 |
| Citation | 1756 Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 355 |
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