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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Caricaceae
| image = Carica papaya - papaya - var-tropical dwarf papaya - desc-fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Carica papaya''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Brassicales]]
| familia = Caricaceae
| familia_authority = [[Dumort.]], ''nom. cons''.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''Caricaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the order [[Brassicales]], native to [[tropical]] regions of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] and [[Africa]]. They are short-lived [[evergreen]] [[pachycaul]] [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s growing to 5-10 m tall; many bear edible [[fruit]].
The family comprises five genera and about species:
*''[[Carica]]'' – one species ''[[Papaya|Carica papaya]]'' ([[Papaya]]), Americas
*''[[Cylicomorpha]]'' – two species, Africa
*''[[Jacaratia]]'' – five species, Americas
*''[[Jarilla]]'' – three species, Americas
*''[[Vasconcellea]]'' – 20 species, Americas
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?216 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Caricaceae]
*[http://users.ugent.be/~tdirckx/Cylicomorpha%20species.htm Ghent University: ''Cylicomorpha'' checklist]
[[Category:Brassicales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
{{Brassicales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Caricaceae
| image = Carica papaya - papaya - var-tropical dwarf papaya - desc-fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Carica papaya''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Brassicales]]
| familia = Caricaceae
| familia_authority = [[Dumort.]], ''nom. cons''.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''Caricaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the order [[Brassicales]], native to [[tropical]] regions of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] and [[Africa]]. They are short-lived [[evergreen]] [[pachycaul]] [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s growing to 5-10 m tall; many bear edible [[fruit]].
The family comprises five genera and about species:
*''[[Carica]]'' – one species ''[[Papaya|Carica papaya]]'' ([[Papaya]]), Americas
*''[[Cylicomorpha]]'' – two species, Africa
*''[[Jacaratia]]'' – five species, Americas
*''[[Jarilla]]'' – three species, Americas
*''[[Vasconcellea]]'' – 20 species, Americas
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?216 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Caricaceae]
*[http://users.ugent.be/~tdirckx/Cylicomorpha%20species.htm Ghent University: ''Cylicomorpha'' checklist]
[[Category:Brassicales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
{{Brassicales-stub}}