Jacaratia mexicana

Jacaratia mexicana

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: Jacaratia
Species: Jacaratia mexicana

Name

Jacaratia mexicana A.DC., Prodr. 15(1): 420 1864.

Synonyms

• Carica heptaphylla Sessé & Moc.
• Carica mexicana (A. DC.) L. O. Williams
• Jacaratia conica Kerber
• Leucopremna mexicana (A. DC.) Standl.
• Pileus heptaphyllus (Sesse & Moc.) Ramirez
• Pileus mexicanus (A. DC.) I. M. Johnston
• Pileus pentaphyllus Becerra

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de, 1864. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 15(1): 420.

Links

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

Vernacular names

español: cuaguoyote, kunche, papaya de montaña

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