Carica

Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the Caricaceae family. It formerly consisted of 20-25 species of short-lived evergreen shrubs or small trees growing 5-10 meters tall, native to tropical Central America and South America, but recent genetic evidence has resulted in the genus having one species, Carica papaya.

Most of the other species have been moved to the Vasconcellea genus, with the others moving to the Jacaratia and Jarilla genera.

Species
Synonyms are included:


 * Carica baccata = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata
 * Carica candamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
 * Carica candicans = Vasconcellea candicans
 * Carica caudata = Jarilla heterophylla
 * Carica cauliflora = Vasconcellea cauliflora
 * Carica cestriflora = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
 * Carica chilensis = Vasconcellea chilensis
 * Carica crassipetala = Vasconcellea crassipetala
 * Carica cundinamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
 * Carica dodecaphylla = Jacaratia spinosa
 * Carica glandulosa = Vasconcellea glandulosa
 * Carica goudotiana = Vasconcellea goudotiana
 * Carica heterophylla = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. heterophylla
 * Carica horovitziana = Vasconcellea horovitziana
 * Carica longiflora = Vasconcellea longiflora
 * Carica mexicana = Jacaratia mexicana
 * Carica microcarpa = Vasconcellea microcarpa
 * Carica monoica = Vasconcellea monoica
 * Carica nana = Jarilla nana
 * Carica omnilingua = Vasconcellea omnilingua
 * Carica palandensis = Vasconcellea palandensis
 * Carica papaya
 * Carica parviflora = Vasconcellea parvifolia
 * Carica pentagona = Vasconcellea × heilbornii
 * Carica pubescens = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
 * Carica pulchra = Vasconcellea pulchra
 * Carica quercifolia = Vasconcellea quercifolia
 * Carica sphaerocarpa = Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa
 * Carica spinosa = Jacaratia spinosa
 * Carica sprucei = Vasconcellea sprucei
 * Carica stipulata = Vasconcellea stipulata
 * Carica weberbaueri = Vasconcellea weberbaueri