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Caricaceae. [edit] Familia: Caricaceae Genera: Carica - Cylicomorpha - Jacaratia - Jarilla - Papaya – Vasconcellea Name[edit] Caricaceae Dumort.

Caricaceae

References[edit] Carvalho, F.A.; Renner, S.S. 2013: Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican/Guatemalan genera Jarilla and Horovitzia. Caricaceae. Based on molecular analyses, this family has been proposed to have originated in Africa in the early Cenozoic era, ~66 million years ago (mya).

Caricaceae

The dispersal from Africa to Central America occurred ~35 mya, possibly via ocean currents from the Congo delta. From Central America, the family reached South America 19-27 mya.[3]