Type Information
Sicyos cucumerinus A. Gray , Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 54 1853.
Hawai`i, [Mauna Kea, upper part of the forests]. 1840. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Holotype
[US].
Note: Also published as a sp. nov. in U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 652, 1854. The material used by A. Gray in descriptions of S. cucumerinus and the unnamed beta and gamma varieties was mounted on two sheets. Gray's species description is of the sheet taken as the holotype, with short descriptions of the two additional taxa given afterward. They are both mounted on US-48018! The specimen of var. beta is of S. alba (St. John) Telford and that of var. gamma is a lobed-leaf form of S. cucumerinus.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Novon 9:441-447.
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Sicyos cucumerinus A. Gray var. triangulata Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 898 1881.
Maui, [East Maui, Haleakala]. 27-12 January-February 1870. Wawra 1916.
Syntype
[W].
Note: Locality taken from Wawra (1873). Cognizux cited H. Wawra 1619 and 1916; however, Wawra (1873) cited only the latter collection, and thus we have no information about the former. Present disposition based on locality and description.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Novon 9:441-447.
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Sicyos cucumerinus A. Gray var. tripartita Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 898 1881.
Kaua`i
Note: Syntypes: Halemanu, [23 February-29 March 1870], H. Wawra 2091 (W [PD]); Waimea, 2000-3000 ft, 1864-1865, H. Mann & W. T. Brigham 604 (BISH [2]). Present disposition based on H. Mann & W. T. Brigham syntype.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Novon 9:441-447.
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