Taxonavigation

Familia: Caricaceae
Genera: Carica – Cylicomorpha – Jacaratia – Jarilla – Vasconcellea

Name

Caricaceae Dumort., Anal. Fam. Pl. 37, 42. (1829) nom. cons.

• Type genus: Carica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1036. (1753)

References

• Dumortier, B.-C. 1829. Analyse des Familles de Plantes: avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent. Tournay, J. Casterman. BHL Reference page. : 37, 42.

• Carvalho, F.A. & Renner, S.S. 2013. Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican/Guatemalan genera Jarilla and Horovitzia. PhytoKeys 29: 63–74. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.29.6103 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Caricaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Caricaceae. Published online. Accessed Aug. 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Caricaceae . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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