- Caricaceae
Taxobox
name = Caricaceae
image_caption = "Carica papaya "
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Brassicales
familia = Caricaceae
familia_authority =Dumort. , "nom. cons".
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See textCaricaceae is a family of
flowering plant s in the orderBrassicales , native totropical regions of Central andSouth America andAfrica . They are short-livedevergreen pachycaul shrub s or smalltree s growing to 5-10 m tall; many bear ediblefruit .The family comprises five genera and about species:
*"Carica " – one species "Carica papaya" (Papaya ), Americas
*"Cylicomorpha " – two species, Africa
*"Jacaratia " – five species, Americas
*"Jarilla " – three species, Americas
*"Vasconcellea " – 20 species, AmericasReferences
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?216 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Caricaceae]
* [http://users.ugent.be/~tdirckx/Cylicomorpha%20species.htm Ghent University: "Cylicomorpha" checklist]
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