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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Carica L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1036 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000006717.

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Synonyms of Carica

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Papaya	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754)		wfo-4000027915

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Carica:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Carica aurantiaca	W.Bull	Gard. Chron. 1873: 606 (1873)	—	wfo-1000052350
Carica aurantiaca	W.Bull ex Solms	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 186. 1889 [15 Aug 1889]		wfo-0000587944
Carica karstenii	Solms	–	—	wfo-0001291234
Carica lagerheimii	Eggers	–	—	wfo-0001291235
Carica latifolia	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 164 (1897).		wfo-0001351098
Carica porphyrocarpa	hort.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 2: 716, sphalm. 1887 [10 Dec 1887]		wfo-0001351099
Carica scandens	A.Gray	U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 640 (1854)		wfo-0000588035
Carica vanvalxenii	Solms	–	—	wfo-0001291237