Vasconcellea

Taxobox
name = "Vasconcellea"


image_caption = "Vasconcellea monoica" with immature fruit
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Caricaceae
genus = "Vasconcellea"
genus_authority = A.St.-Hil.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Vasconcellea" is a genus 20 or 21 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus "Carica", but have been split out on genetic evidence. The genus name has also been spelled "Vasconcella".

They are short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5 m tall, native to tropical South America. Many have edible fruit similar to Papaya, and are widely cultivated in South America.

;Species:
*"Vasconcellea candicans" (Mito)
*"Vasconcellea cauliflora"
*"Vasconcellea chilensis"
*"Vasconcellea crassipetala"
*"Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis" (Mountain papaya)
*"Vasconcellea glandulosa"
*"Vasconcellea goudotiana"
*"Vasconcellea horovitziana"
*"Vasconcellea longiflora"
*"Vasconcellea microcarpa"
*"Vasconcellea monoica"
*"Vasconcellea omnilingua"
*"Vasconcellea palandensis"
*"Vasconcellea parviflora"
*"Vasconcellea pulchra"
*"Vasconcellea quercifolia"
*"Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa"
*"Vasconcellea sprucei"
*"Vasconcellea stipulata"
*"Vasconcellea weberbaueri"

;Hybrids
*"Vasconcellea × heilbornii" (Babaco)

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?16942 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Vasconcellea"]
* [http://users.ugent.be/~tdirckx/vasconcella1.htm Ghent University: "Vasconcellea"]
*Badillo, V. M. (2000). Carica L. vs. Vasconcella St. Hil. (Caricaceae) con la rehabilitacion de este ultimo. "Ernstia" 10: 74–79.
*Badillo, V. M. (2001). Nota correctiva Vasconcellea St. Hil. y no Vasconcella (Caricaceae). "Ernstia" 11: 75–76.
* Scheldeman, X. (2002). [https://archive.ugent.be/retrieve/729/19891529.pdf Distribution and potential of cherimoya ("Annona cherimola" Mill.) and highland papayas ("Vasconcellea" spp.) in Ecuador]
*Van Droogenbroeck, B. et al. (2002). AFLP analysis of genetic relationships among papaya and its wild relatives (Caricaceae) from Ecuador. "Theoret. Appl. Genet". 105: 289–297.