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285.0000 Family Caricaceae Dumort.; (1829) nom. cons.
5 genera, ca. 40 spp.
Species listed in database: 44; hybrids: 1
= Papayaceae Blume; (1823)
285.0004 Genus Vasconcellea A.St.-Hil.; Deux Mém. Réséd. 2: 12 (1837)
Distribution: tropical America. Frequently included in Carica s. lat.
Species listed in database: 27; hybrids: 1
= Vasconcellosia Caruel; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 8: 22 (1876), orth. var.
species :
Vasconcellea aurantiaca Regel; Gartenflora 25: 184 (1876)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Papaya aurantiaca (Regel) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Carica aurantiaca Bull ex Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 186 (1889)
species :
Vasconcellea badilloi D.Tineo & D.E.Bustam.; PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469, 10, fig. 3 (2020)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Vasconcellea candicans (A.Gray) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 417 (1864)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica candicans A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 640 (1854)
= Carica integrifolia Raimondi; Elem. Bot. [Raimondi] 2: 230 (1857)
= Papaya candicans (A.Gray) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
species :
Vasconcellea carvalhoae D.Tineo & D.E.Bustam.; PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469, 13, fig. 4 (2020)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Vasconcellea cauliflora (Jacq.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 415 (1864)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 trt 82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica boissieri (A.DC.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 481 (1879)
= Carica bourgeaui Solms; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 98 (1894)
= Carica cauliflora Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 33 (1798)
= Carica pennata Heilb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 222 (1936)
= Carica quinqueloba Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 233 (1894)
= Papaya bourgeaui (Solms) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya cauliflora (Jacq.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 296 (1816)
= Vasconcellea boissieri A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 415 (1864)
species :
Vasconcellea chachapoyensis D.Tineo & D.E.Bustam.; PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469, 14, fig. 5 (2020)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
species :
Vasconcellea chilensis Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 2: 259 (1854)
Name: Palo gordo, monte gordo [Chile]
Distribution: Chile (Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica chilensis (Planch.) Solms; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 98 (1894)
= Papaya chilensis (Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
species :
Vasconcellea crassipetala (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 76 (2000)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Huila, Quindío, Risaralda); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica crassipetala V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 68 (1967)
species :
Vasconcellea glandulosa A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 417 (1864)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica fiebrigii Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 99 (1922)
= Carica glandulosa (A.DC.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 181 (1889)
= Carica glazioviana Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 100 (1922)
= Carica gossypiifolia f. glabrata Herzog; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 27: 15 (1915)
= Carica gossypiifolia Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 137 (1879)
= Carica platanifolia Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 177 et 182 (1889)
= Carica stenocarpa Heilb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 221 (1936)
= Carica triplisecta Herzog; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 27: 15 (1915)
= Papaya glandulosa (A.DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya gossypiifolia (Griseb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya platanifolia (Solms) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Vasconcellea heterophylla var. pavoniana A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 417 (1864)
species :
Vasconcellea goudotiana Triana & Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 17: 192 (1873)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Tolima, Valle)
80 PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica goudotiana (Triana & PIanch.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 183 (1889)
= Carica gracilis Linden ex Regel; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 182 (1889)
= Papaya goudotiana (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya gracilis Regel; Gartenflora 27: 258, t. 986 (1879)
species :
Vasconcellea horovitziana (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica horovitziana V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 1, 61 (1966)
species :
Vasconcellea jossei Cornejo; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 59, f. 1-2 (2024)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Vasconcellea longiflora (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica longiflora V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 72 (1967)
species :
Vasconcellea microcarpa (Jacq.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 418 (1864)
Name: Papayina
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caldas, Casanare, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Nariño); Venezuela (Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando); N-Brazil (Acre)
80 PAN 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica baccata Heilb.; Acta Horti Berg. 9: 105 (figs. 1-3) (1928)
= Carica cucurbitifolia Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 29 (1958)
= Carica heterophylla Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 60 (1838)
= Carica manihot (Triana & Planch.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 186 (1889)
= Carica microcarpa Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 32 (1798)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. australis V.M.Badillo; Monogr. Caricaceae 143 (1971)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. baccata (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Agron. Trop. (Maracay) 17(4): 262 (1967)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) V.M.Badillo; Agron. Trop. (Maracay) 17: 262 (1967)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. pilifera V.M.Badillo; Agron. Trop. (Maracay) 17(4): 262 (1967)
= Carica stylosa Heilb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 218 (1936)
= Papaya heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
= Papaya manihot (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya microcarpa (Jacq.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 296 (1816)
= Vasconcellea heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 418 (1864)
= Vasconcellea manihot Triana & Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 17: 191 (1873)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. australis (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. pilifera (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
species :
Vasconcellea monoica (Desf.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 418 (1864)
Name: Berenguel
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica boliviana Rusby; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 364 (1907)
= Carica erythrocarpa Linden & André; Ill. Hort. 18: t. 51 (1871)
= Carica monoica Desf.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1: 273, t. 18 (1802)
= Papaya erythrocarpa (Linden & André) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya monoica (Desf.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 297 (1816)
= Vasconcellea hookeri A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 418 (1864)
species :
Vasconcellea omnilingua (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica omnilingua V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 74 (1967)
species :
Vasconcellea palandensis (V.M.Badillo, Van den Eynden & Van Damme) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica palandensis V.M.Badillo, Van den Eynden & Van Damme; Novon 10(1): 4 (2000)
species :
Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 417 (1864)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica leptantha Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 95 (1922)
= Carica paniculata Spruce ex Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 177 (1889), in clavi.
= Carica parviflora (A.DC.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 177 (1889)
= Papaya paniculata (Spruce ex Solms) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
= Papaya parviflora (A.DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
species :
Vasconcellea pentalobis D.Tineo & D.E.Bustam.; PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469, 15, fig. 6 (2020)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
species :
Vasconcellea peruviensis D.Tineo & D.E.Bustam.; PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469, 17, fig. 7 (2020)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
species :
Vasconcellea pubescens A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 419 (1864)
Name: Mountain Papaw, Papaya de Monte
Distribution: India [c]; New Zealand [I]; Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander); Venezuela (Aragua, Merida, Tachira); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia [I]
40 ind 51 nzl 80 COS GUA PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 bol ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica candamarcensis Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6198 (1875)
= Carica cestriflora (A.DC.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 185 (1889)
= Carica chiriquensis Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 30 (1958)
= Carica cundinamarcensis Linden; Cat. Gén. [Linden] 87: p. ? (1871) ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. t. 6198
= Carica pubescens (A.DC.) Lenne & K.Koch; Index Sem. Hort. Bot. Berol. 12 (1854)
= Carica pubescens (A.DC.) Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 185 (1889) nom. illeg.
= Papaya cestriflora (A.DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya cundinamarcensis (Linden) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya pubescens (Lenné & K.Koch) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
= Vasconcellea cestriflora A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 418 (1864)
= Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 78 (2000), nom. nov.
species :
Vasconcellea pulchra (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 77 (2000)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica pulchra V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 76 (1967)
species :
Vasconcellea quercifolia A.St.-Hil.; Deux Mém. Réséd. 2: 13 (1837)
Name: Gargatea
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Guaira, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Rivera); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica acuta Heilb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 220 (1936)
= Carica bonplandiana Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 178 (1889)
= Carica hastata Brign.; Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis., Ser. 2, 1: 77 (1862)
= Carica hastifolia Solms; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 179 (1889) in obs.
= Carica lanceolata (A.DC.) Hieron.; Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent. 122 (1882)
= Carica quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Hieron.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 316 (1882)
= Carica ×tunariensis (Kuntze) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 345 (1900)
= Papaya lanceolata (A.DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 4: 285 (1873)
= Papaya quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891), isonym
= Papaya tunariensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 102 (1898)
= Vasconcellea lanceolata A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 416 (1864)
= Vasconcellosia hastata (Brign.) Caruel; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 8: 22 (1876)
species :
Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa (Garcia-Barr. & Hern.Cam.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 78 (2000)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Santander, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica sphaerocarpa García-Barr. & Hern.Cam.; Caldasia 8: 135 (1958)
species :
Vasconcellea sprucei (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 78 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica sprucei V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 80 (1967)
species :
Vasconcellea stipulata (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 78 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica stipulata V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 1, 57 (1966)
species :
Vasconcellea weberbaueri (Harms) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 78 (2000)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica weberbaueri Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 94 (1922)
species :
Vasconcellea ×pentagona (Heilb.) Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1102 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Bolivia [I]
82 CLM 83 bol ECU
Remarks: V. pubescens x V. stipulata
Synonyms: hidden
= Carica ×chrysopetala Heilb.; Ark. Bot. 17(12): 1 (1922)
= Carica ×fructifragrans García-Barr. & Hern.Cam.; Caldasia 8: 139 (1958)
= Carica ×heilbornii nothomorph. chrysopetala (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Monogr. Caricaceae 154 (1971)
= Carica ×heilbornii nothomorph. fructifragrans (Garcia & Hern.Cam.) V.M.Badillo; Monogr. Caricaceae 155 (1971)
= Carica ×heilbornii nothomorph. pentagona (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Monogr. Caricaceae 153 (1971)
= Carica ×heilbornii nothovar. chrysopetala (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Opera Bot. B (Fl. Ecuador), 20(131): 38 (1983)
= Carica ×heilbornii nothovar. pentagona (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Opera Bot. B (Fl. Ecuador), 20(131): 38 (1983), as ´nm.´
= Carica ×heilbornii V.M.Badillo; Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Venezuela, Maracay 4: No. 2, 97, 99 (1967)
= Carica ×heilbornii var. fructifragrans (García & Hern.Cam.) V.M.Badillo; Opera Bot. B (Fl. Ecuador), 20(131): 38 (1983) (nothovar.)
= Carica ×pentagona Heilb.; Ark. Bot. 17(12): 2 (1922)
= Vasconcellea ×heilbornii (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 76 (2000)
= Vasconcellea ×heilbornii var. chrysopetala (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 76 (2000)
= Vasconcellea ×heilbornii var. fructifragrans (Garcia-Barr. & Hern.Cam.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n. s. 10(2): 76 (2000)
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