PLANTS Profile for Carica papaya (papaya)

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PLANTS Profile

Carica papaya L.
papaya

Symbol:

CAPA23

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caricaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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©Mark W. Skinner. United States, FL, Miami-Dade Co., USDA Chapman Field. July 7, 1982. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Carica papaya L.

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Synonyms:
Carica papaya L.

PACA27

Papaya carica Gaertn.

Distribution:
Carica papaya L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Carica papaya L.

View 2 genera in Caricaceae, 4 species in Carica

Classification:
Carica papaya L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Caricaceae – Papaya family
Genus	Carica L. – papaya
Species	Carica papaya L. – papaya

Introduced Information:
Carica papaya L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Carica papaya L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22324.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 01:18 PM CDT