View source for Carica ← Carica You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Carica |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 1036. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 458. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Papaya |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Caricaceae;Carica |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caricaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carica]]</div></div> |etymology=Alluding to imagined resemblance of leaves or fruits to those of a fig, Ficus carica, erroneously thought to be from Caria in southwestern Asia Minor |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 171 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>relatively short-lived. <b>Leaves</b> crowded distally on branches; glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate 100+-flowered, elongate; pistillate 1–several-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> each borne in axil of bract. <b>Berries</b> slightly 5-angled. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America;introduced also pantropically. |discussion=<p>Species, in the traditional sense, ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>V. M. Badillo (2000) considered <i>Carica</i> to consist of only one species (<i>C. papaya</i>), others being reassigned to the genus Vasconcellea A. Saint-Hilaire.</p><!-- --><p>Some species of <i>Carica</i> in the traditional sense are grown for their edible fruits or sweet and juicy seed coverings (arils), the most important being <i>C. papaya</i>.</p><!-- --><p>Species, in the traditional sense, ca. 20 (1 in the flora)</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Carica |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Caricaceae |distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America;introduced also pantropically. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_204.xml |genus=Carica }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Caricaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Caricaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Carica.