Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sicana odorifera
girón, calabacín, calabaza melón, cassabanana, casbanan, sikana, musk cucumber
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Violales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Sicana
Species
odorifera
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cucurbita odorifera Vell.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2005
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Jeffrey, C. Trujillo, B. (1992) Cucurbitaceae. Fl. Venezuela 5(1): 11–202.
- Jeffrey, C. (2001) Cucurbitaceae. En: Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1): 688–717.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sicana odorifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2042. Accessed 15 December 2024.