Vasconcellea

Life-forms

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: Vasconcellea
Species: V. aurantiaca – V. badilloi – V. candicans – V. cauliflora – V. carvalhoae – V. chachapoyensis – V. cundinamarcensis – V. glandulosa – V. goudotiana – V. heilbornii – V. horovitziana – V. longiflora – V. microcarpa – V. monoica – V. omnilingua – V. palandensis – V. parviflora – V. pentalobis – V. peruviensis – V. pubescens – V. pulchra – V. quercifolia – V. sphaerocarpa – V. sprucei – V. stipulata – V. weberbaueri
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Vasconcellea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page.

Name

Vasconcellea A.St.-Hil., 1837

Type species: Vasconcellea quercifolia A.St.-Hil.

Synonyms

Vasconcella A.St.-Hil.
Vasconcellea sect. Euvasconcella A.DC.
Vasconcellea sect. Hemipapaya A.DC.
Vasconcellea sect. Vasconcellea
Vasconcellosia Caruel
Vasconella Walp.

References

Saint-Hilaire, A.F.C.P., 1837. Deuxiéme Mémoire sur les Résédacées 12–13.
Tineo, D., Bustamante, D.E., Calderón, M.S., Mendoza, J.E., 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. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242469 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Vasconcellea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Vasconcellea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vasconcellea. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Vasconcellea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30.
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants [1]

Vernacular names

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 badilloi
Vasconcellea candicans
Vasconcellea carvalhoae
Vasconcellea cauliflora
Vasconcellea chachapoyensis
Vasconcellea chilensis
Vasconcellea crassipetala
Vasconcellea glandulosa
Vasconcellea goudotiana
Vasconcellea horovitziana
Vasconcellea longiflora
Vasconcellea microcarpa
Vasconcellea monoica
Vasconcellea omnilingua
Vasconcellea palandensis
Vasconcellea parviflora
Vasconcellea pentalobis
Vasconcellea peruviensis
Vasconcellea pubescens (Syn. Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis) (mountain papaya)
Vasconcellea pulchra
Vasconcellea quercifolia
Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa
Vasconcellea sprucei
Vasconcellea stipulata
Vasconcellea weberbaueri

Hybrids

Vasconcellea × heilbornii (babaco)

References

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]