Selysia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|taxon = Selysia

|authority = Cogn. (1881)

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|subdivision = Four; see text

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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.{{cite web|title=Selysia Cogn.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13404-1|website=Plants of the World Online|accessdate=11 June 2024}}

Plants of the World Online accepts the genus. A 2011 study based on genetics placed it under the genus Cayaponia.{{cite journal |last1=Schaefer |first1=Hanno |last2=Renner |first2=Susanne S. |date=February 2011 |title=Phylogenetic Relationships in the Order Cucurbitales and a New Classification of the Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae) |journal=Taxon |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=122–138 |url=http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Schaefer&Renner_Cucs_Taxon2011.pdf|accessdate=2 May 2011|doi=10.1002/tax.601011 }}