Linnaeosicyos

Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.^[1] The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan., which is endemic to the Dominican Republic.^[2]

Linnaeosicyos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan
Species:	L. amara
Binomial name
Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan
Synonyms
Trichosanthes amara L.

Taxonomy

The genus name of Linnaeosicyos is in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).^[3] The Latin specific epithet of amara is derived from amarus meaning bitter.^[4] Both the genus and species were first described in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 350 in 2008.^[2]