Jacaratia mexicana

Jacaratia mexicana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Brassicales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Caricaceae
Genus: Jacaratia
Species: Jacaratia mexicana

Name edit

Jacaratia mexicana A.DC., Prodr. 15(1): 420 1864.

Synonyms edit

  • Carica heptaphylla Sessé & Moc.
  • Carica mexicana (A. DC.) L. O. Williams
  • Jacaratia conica Kerber
  • Leucopremna mexicana (A. DC.) Standl.
  • Pileus heptaphyllus (Sesse & Moc.) Ramirez
  • Pileus mexicanus (A. DC.) I. M. Johnston
  • Pileus pentaphyllus Becerra

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

español: cuaguoyote, kunche, papaya de montaña
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