⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2700919, with some changes.

Carica papaya L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Carica (family Caricaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1036 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30011248-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Carica bourgeaui Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica citriformis J.Jacq. ex Spreng.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica citriformis Jacq.	Synonym		TRO
Carica cubensis Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica hermaphrodita Blanco	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica jamaicensis Urb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica jimenezii Bertoni	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica mamaya Vell.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya var. bady Aké Assi	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya f. correae Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya f. ernstii Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya var. jimenezii Bertoni	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya f. mamaya (Vell.) Stellfeld	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya f. portoricensis (Urb.) Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica peltata Hook. & Arn.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica pinnatifida Heilborn	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica portoricensis Urb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica posopora L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica pyriformis Willd.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica rochefortii Solms	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Carica sativa Tussac	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Papaya bourgeaei (Solms) Kuntze	Synonym		TRO
Papaya carica Gaertn.	Synonym		TRO
Papaya cimarrona Sint. ex Kuntze	Synonym		TRO
Papaya citriformis (Jacq.) A. DC.	Synonym		TRO
Papaya communis Noronha	Synonym		TRO
Papaya cubensis (Solms) Kuntze	Synonym		TRO
Papaya cucumerina Noronha	Synonym		TRO
Papaya edulis Bojer	Synonym		TRO
Papaya edulis var. macrocarpa Bojer	Synonym		TRO
Papaya edulis var. pyriformis Bojer	Synonym		TRO
Papaya hermaphrodita Blanco	Synonym		TRO
Papaya papaya (L.) H. Karst.	Synonym		TRO
Papaya peltata (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze	Synonym		TRO
Papaya pyriformis Baill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Papaya rochefortii (Solms) Kuntze	Synonym		TRO
Papaya sativa Tuss.	Synonym		TRO
Papaya vulgaris A. DC.	Synonym		TRO
Vasconcellea peltata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.	Synonym		TRO