PLANTS Profile for Sechium edule (chayote)

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PLANTS Profile

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
chayote

Symbol:

SEED

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		N

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Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

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Distribution:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.


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USA (HI, LA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 1 species in Sechium

Classification:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Sechium P. Br. – sechium
Species	Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. – chayote

Introduced Information:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22441.

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 09:14 PM MDT