Carica papaya

Carica papaya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Caricaceae
Genus: Carica
Species: Carica papaya

Name

Carica papaya L., 1753

Synonyms

• Carica citriformis J. Jacq. ex Spreng.
• Carica cubensis Solms
• Carica hermaphrodita Blanco
• Carica jamaicensis Urb.
• Carica jimenezii (Bertoni) Bertoni
• Carica mamaya Vell.
• Carica papaya var. bady Ake Assi
• Carica papaya var. jimenezii Bertoni
• Carica papaya f. portoricensis Solms
• Carica peltata Hook. & Arn.
• Carica pinnatifida Heilb.
• Carica portoricensis (Solms-Laub.) Urban
• Carica rochefortii Solms
• Carica sativa Tussac
• Papaya bourgeaei (Solms) Kuntze
• Papaya carica Gaertn.
• Papaya citriformis (Jacq.) A. DC.
• Papaya communis Noronha
• Papaya cubensis (Solms) Kuntze
• Papaya cucumerina Noronha
• Papaya edulis Bojer
• Papaya hermaphrodita Blanco
• Papaya papaya (L.) H. Karst.
• Papaya peltata (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze
• Papaya rochefortii (Solms) Kuntze
• Papaya sativa Tuss.
• Papaya vulgaris DC.
• Vasconcellea peltata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Regional: Northern South America Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Choc, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Tolima, Vaups) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1036. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Carica papaya. 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.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carica papaya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carica papaya. Published online. Accessed Aug. 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Carica papaya . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carica papaya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Papaja
Akan: Bofere
беларуская: Дыннае дрэва
বাংলা: পেঁপে
català: Papaier
dansk: Melontræ
Deutsch: Melonenbaum, Papayabaum, Papaya
eʋegbe: Aɖiba
Ελληνικά: Παπάγια
English: Papaya
español: Papayo
suomi: Papaija, tarhapapaija
français: Papayer
italiano: Papaia
മലയാളം: പപ്പായ/ഓമയ്ക്ക/കപ്ലങ്ങ
Nederlands: Meloenboom, Papaja
norsk: Papaya
polski: Melonowiec Właściwy
português: Mamão
සිංහල: ගස්ලබු, පැපොල්
svenska: Papaya
Türkçe: Kavun ağacı, Papaya
中文: 番木瓜

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