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Carica is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Caricaceae
Caricaceae

Caricaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, native to tropical regions of Central America and South America and Africa....
. Formerly treated as including about 20-25 species of short-lived evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 pachycaul shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing to 5-10 m tall, native to tropical
Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
 Central
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, recent genetic evidence has resulted in the genus being restricted to the single species Carica papaya
Papaya

The papaya , is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerica....
 (Papaya
Papaya

The papaya , is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerica....
; syn. C. peltata, C. posoposa).

Most of the other species have been transferred to the genus Vasconcellea
Vasconcellea

Vasconcellea is a genus 20 or 21 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus Carica, but have been split out on genetic evidence....
, with a few to the genera Jacaratia
Jacaratia

Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plant native to the Americas....
 and Jarilla
Jarilla

Jarilla is a genus of three species of plant native to the Americas....
, as follows:






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Carica is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Caricaceae
Caricaceae

Caricaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, native to tropical regions of Central America and South America and Africa....
. Formerly treated as including about 20-25 species of short-lived evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 pachycaul shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing to 5-10 m tall, native to tropical
Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
 Central
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, recent genetic evidence has resulted in the genus being restricted to the single species Carica papaya
Papaya

The papaya , is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerica....
 (Papaya
Papaya

The papaya , is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerica....
; syn. C. peltata, C. posoposa).

Most of the other species have been transferred to the genus Vasconcellea
Vasconcellea

Vasconcellea is a genus 20 or 21 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus Carica, but have been split out on genetic evidence....
, with a few to the genera Jacaratia
Jacaratia

Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plant native to the Americas....
 and Jarilla
Jarilla

Jarilla is a genus of three species of plant native to the Americas....
, as follows:
  • Carica baccata = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata
  • Carica candamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (Mountain papaya
    Mountain papaya

    The Mountain Papaya , is a species of the genus Vasconcellea, native to the Andes of northwestern South America from Colombia south to central Chile, typically growing at altitudes of 1,500-3,000 m....
    )
  • Carica candicans = Vasconcellea candicans (Mito)
  • Carica caudata = Jarilla heterophylla
  • Carica cauliflora = Vasconcellea cauliflora
  • Carica cestriflora = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
  • Carica chilensis = Vasconcellea chilensis
  • Carica crassipetala = Vasconcellea crassipetala
  • Carica cundinamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
  • Carica dodecaphylla = Jacaratia spinosa
  • Carica glandulosa = Vasconcellea glandulosa
  • Carica goudotiana = Vasconcellea goudotiana
  • Carica heterophylla = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. heterophylla
  • Carica horovitziana = Vasconcellea horovitziana
  • Carica longiflora = Vasconcellea longiflora
  • Carica mexicana = Jacaratia mexicana
  • Carica microcarpa = Vasconcellea microcarpa
  • Carica monoica = Vasconcellea monoica
  • Carica nana = Jarilla nana
  • Carica omnilingua = Vasconcellea omnilingua
  • Carica palandensis = Vasconcellea palandensis
  • Carica papaya (Papaya
    Papaya

    The papaya , is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerica....
    )
  • Carica parviflora = Vasconcellea parviflora
  • Carica pentagona = Vasconcellea ×heilbornii (Babaco
    Babaco

    The Babaco , is a Hybrid cultivar in the genus Vasconcellea from Ecuador. It is a hybrid between Mountain papaya , and Vasconcellea stipulata ....
    )
  • Carica pubescens = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (Chilean Carica)
  • Carica pulchra = Vasconcellea pulchra
  • Carica quercifolia = Vasconcellea quercifolia
  • Carica sphaerocarpa = Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa
  • Carica spinosa = Jacaratia spinosa
  • Carica sprucei = Vasconcellea sprucei
  • Carica stipulata = Vasconcellea stipulata
  • Carica weberbaueri = Vasconcellea weberbaueri


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