Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, A, 205

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1036. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)
Annotation: as "Papaya"

Type-Protologue

Locality: Habitat in Indiis

Distribution: West Indies

Type Specimens

• LT: Herb. Linn. - 1190.1 - LINN. (LINN)
• LT:

  • Lectotype designated by:  Moreno, N. P. 1980. Caricaceae. Fl. Veracruz 10: 7.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Brassicales Bromhead
• family:  !!Caricaceae Dumort.
• genus:  Carica L.

Other names for this basionym:

**Papaya papaya (L.) H. Karst.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Flora of Panama , IPCN , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Panama , Peru , Selva Central Peru , VPA

Common Names:

• fan mu gua
  • No References available
• Lerdo (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• melon-tree (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Mikana (United States, Hawaii)
  • No References available
• Papaya (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Papaya (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• papaya (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): v–xvii, 1–347. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Papaya (Spanish, throughout South America)
  • No References available
• Papaya cimarrona (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Papaya de mico (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• papaya macho (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): v–xvii, 1–347. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Papaya silvestre
  • No References available
• papaya, papalla (Mexico, Veracruz)
  • No References available
• pawpaw (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• popita (पोपिता) (Birhor, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.
• Suara (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Surepa (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Tapaculo (Costa Rica)
  • No References available

Keywords: BCA, BOL, CEC, FCC, FNA, FVG, MAD, PY, VPA, FWT