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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>relatively short-lived.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>crowded distally on branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf pubescence">glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences:</b> staminate 100+-flowered, elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture">pistillate 1–several-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Flowers </b>each borne in axil of bract.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Berries </b>slightly 5-angled.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="berry shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America;also pantropically |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species, in the traditional sense, ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>V. M. Badillo (2000) considered Carica to consist of only one species (C. papaya), others being reassigned to the genus Vasconcellea A. Saint-Hilaire.</p><!-- --><p>Some species of Carica in the traditional sense are grown for their edible fruits or sweet and juicy seed coverings (arils), the most important being C. papaya.</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;also pantropically |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_204.xml |genus=Carica |berry shape=5-angled |inflorescence architecture=1-several-flowered;pistillate;100+-flowered;staminate |inflorescence shape=elongate |leaf arrangement=crowded |leaf pubescence=glabrous |whole_organism duration=short-lived |whole_organism growth form=tree |x chromosome quantity=9 }}<!-- -->[[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.