สกุลมะละกอ

สกุลมะละกอ หรือ Carica เป็นสกุลของพืชมีดอกในวงศ์  Caricaceae มีเพียง  มะละกอ สปีชีส์เดียว  อต่เดิมสกุลนี้เคยมีสมาชิก 20 - 25 สปีชีส์ แต่ต่อมาถูกย้ายไปยังสกุล Vasconcellea, และบางส่วนไปยังสกุล Jacaratia และ Jarilla, ดังต่อไปนี้:
Carica baccata = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata
Carica candamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (Mountain papaya)
Carica candicans = Vasconcellea candicans (มีโต)
Carica caudata = Jarilla heterophylla
Carica cauliflora = Vasconcellea cauliflora
Carica cestriflora = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
Carica chilensis = Vasconcellea chilensis
Carica crassipetala = Vasconcellea crassipetala
Carica cundinamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis
Carica dodecaphylla = Jacaratia spinosa
Carica glandulosa = Vasconcellea glandulosa
Carica goudotiana = Vasconcellea goudotiana
Carica heterophylla = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. heterophylla
Carica horovitziana = Vasconcellea horovitziana
Carica longiflora = Vasconcellea longiflora
Carica mexicana = Jacaratia mexicana
Carica microcarpa = Vasconcellea microcarpa
Carica monoica = Vasconcellea monoica
Carica nana = Jarilla nana
Carica omnilingua = Vasconcellea omnilingua
Carica palandensis = Vasconcellea palandensis
Carica papaya (มะละกอ)
Carica parviflora = Vasconcellea parviflora
Carica pentagona = Vasconcellea ×heilbornii (บาบาโก)
Carica pubescens = Vasconcellea pubescens (มะละกอภูเขา)
Carica pulchra = Vasconcellea pulchra
Carica quercifolia = Vasconcellea quercifolia
Carica sphaerocarpa = Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa
Carica spinosa = Jacaratia spinosa
Carica sprucei = Vasconcellea sprucei
Carica stipulata = Vasconcellea stipulata
Carica weberbaueri = Vasconcellea weberbaueri

อ้างอิง
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Carica
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Carica species list and synonymy 
Aradhya, M. K. et al. (1999). A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Carica L. (Caricaceae) based on restriction fragment length variation in a cpDNA intergenic spacer region. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46: 579–586.
Badillo, V. M. (2000). Carica L. vs. Vasconcella St. Hil. (Caricaceae) con la rehabilitacion de este ultimo. Ernstia 10: 74–79.
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.

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IUCN Red List entry
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