Selysia

Selysia is a genus of the gourd family. It includes four species of climbers native to southern Central America and northern South America, ranging from Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil.^[1]

Selysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Cucurbiteae
Genus:	Selysia Cogn. (1881)
Species[1]
Four; see text

Plants of the World Online accepts the genus.^[1] A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.^[2]

Species

Four species are accepted.^[1]

Selysia bidentata Hampshire – native to Panama and northwestern Colombia[3] Selysia cordata Cogn. – Colombia Selysia prunifera (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn. – Nicaragua to Peru and northern Brazil Selysia smithii (Standl.) C. Jeffrey – western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru