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The genus Carica is in the family Caricaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Carica

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Carica aprica V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica augusti Harms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica candicans A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica chilensis (Planch. ex A.DC.) Solms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica cnidoscoloides Lorence & R.Torres	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica crassipetala V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica glandulosa Pav. ex A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica goudotiana (Triana & Planch.) Solms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica horovitziana V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica longiflora V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica monoica Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica omnilingua V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica palandensis V.M.Badillo, Van den Eynden & Van Damme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica papaya L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica parviflora (A.DC.) Solms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica × pentagona Heilborn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica pulchra V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica quercifolia (A.St.Hil.) Hieron.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica sphaerocarpa García-Barr. & Hern.Cam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica sprucei V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica stipulata V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Carica weberbaueri Harms	Accepted		TRO
Carica weberhaueri Harms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 97 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Carica. Of these 23 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Carica. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 97 species names for the genus Carica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	23.7%
◕	Synonym	62	63.9%
◕	Unplaced	2	2.1%
◕	Unassessed	10	10.3%

All names

The status of the 109 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Carica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	21.1%
◕	Synonym	74	67.9%
◕	Unplaced	2	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	10	9.2%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 97 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Carica, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	23	62	0	0	85	87.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	10	12	12.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Carica, are as follows: