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".

Formerly placed here

• Cayaponia amazonica (as Sechium amazonicum )

• Cayaponia peruviana (as Sechium peruvianum )

• Microsechium compositum (as Sechium compositum )

• Microsechium hintonii (as Sechium hintonii )

• Microsechium palmatum (as Sechium palmatum )

• Sicyos edulis (as Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. or Sechium americanum ) – chayote or christophene

Unplaced species names

• Sechium chinantlense Lira & F. Chiang

• Sechium mexicanum Lira & M.Nee

• Sechium panamense (Wunderlin) Lira & F.Chiang

• Sechium pittieri (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey

• Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C.Jeffrey

• Sechium talamancensis (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey

• Sechium venosum (L.D.Gómez) Lira & F.Chiang

• Sechium villosum (Wunderlin) C.Jeffrey

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