Vasconcellea
Vasconcellea | |
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Vasconcellea monoica with immature fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Caricaceae |
Genus: | Vasconcellea A.St.-Hil. |
Species | |
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Vasconcellea is a genus with 20 or 26 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus Carica, but have been split out on genetic evidence. The genus name has also been spelled "Vasconcella".
They are evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5 m tall, native to tropical South America. Many have edible fruit similar to papaya, and some are widely cultivated in South America.
- Species
- Vasconcellea candicans
- Vasconcellea chilensis
- Vasconcellea goudotiana
- Vasconcellea horovitziana
- Vasconcellea monoica
- Vasconcellea omnilingua
- Vasconcellea palandensis
- Vasconcellea parviflora
- Vasconcellea pubescens (Syn. Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis) (mountain papaya)
- Vasconcellea pulchra
- Vasconcellea quercifolia
- Vasconcellea sprucei
- Hybrids
References[]
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- Ghent University: Vasconcellea
- Badillo, V. M. (2000). Carica L. vs. Vasconcella St. Hil. (Caricaceae) con la rehabilitacion de este ultimo. Ernstia 10: 74–79.
- Badillo, V. M. (2001). Nota correctiva Vasconcellea St. Hil. y no Vasconcella (Caricaceae). Ernstia 11: 75–76.
- Scheldeman, X. (2002). Distribution and potential of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) and highland papayas (Vasconcellea spp.) in Ecuador
- Van Droogenbroeck, B. et al. (2002). AFLP analysis of genetic relationships among papaya and its wild relatives (Caricaceae) from Ecuador. Theoret. Appl. Genet. 105: 289–297.
- Tineo D, Bustamante DE, Calderon MS, Mendoza JE, Huaman E, Oliva M (2020) An integrative approach reveals five new species of highland papayas (Caricaceae, Vasconcellea) from northern Peru. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242469 [1]
Categories:
- Vasconcellea
- Flora of South America
- Tropical fruit
- Brassicales genera
- Brassicales stubs