Jacaratia
| Jacaratia | |
|---|---|
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| Jacaratia corumbensis [ syn. J. hassleriana ] growing at the Koko Crater Botanical Garden, Oahu, Hawaii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Caricaceae |
| Genus: | Jacaratia A.DC. [1] |
| Type species | |
| Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC. [1] | |
| Species | |
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Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plant native to the Americas, particularly South and Central America.
Species of Jacaratia
- Jacaratia chocoensis A.H.Gentry & Forero
- Jacaratia corumbensis Kuntze
- Jacaratia digitata (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms
- Jacaratia dolichaula (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
- Jacaratia heptaphylla (Vell.) A.DC.
- Jacaratia mexicana A.DC.
- Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC.
- List source : [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacaratia was first determined to be of a separate genus from Carica, based on a syntype specimen of Carica spinosa Aubl. and published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(1): 419. 1864 "Name - Jacaratia A.DC.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
LT: Carica spinosa Aubl.
- ↑ "Name - Jacaratia A.DC. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2011.