Cyclanthera

Cyclanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. The name comes from the fact that some species show extreme cases of stamen fusion forming a ring around the gynoecium, with a single locule.

Cyclanthera
Cyclanthera pedata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Sicyoeae
Genus:	Cyclanthera Schrad. 1831[1]
Type species
Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrader
Species
Several, including: Cyclanthera brachystachya Cyclanthera carthagenensis Cyclanthera pedata Cyclanthera tenuifolia Cyclanthera tenuisepala
Synonyms
Cremastopus Paul G.Wilson, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 36: t. 3586. (1962) Discanthera Torr. & A. Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 696. (1840) Heterosicyos (S.Watson) Cockerell, Bot. Gaz. 24: 378. 1897, nom. illeg. non Welw. ex Hook. & Benth. (1867) Sicyos sect. Heterosicyos S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 274. (1888) Pseudocyclanthera Mart. Crov. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 56. (1954) Rytidostylis Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 424. (1841)