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Papaya lanceolata

Description

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Family Passifloraceae

Climbing herbs or lianas with axillary tendrils , rarely shrubs or trees , vegetative ramification through a supra-axillary bud. Leaves alternate (rarely subopposite), spirally arranged , simple or rarely compound , stipulate or not, petiolate , petiole or base of blade often with 1 to many glands ; leaf blade entire or lobed , venation pinnate or palmate, often with glands on margin and abaxial surface. Inflorescence cymose , axillary, sessile or pedunculate , primary axis often a tendril, secondary axis often reduced; bracts minute to foliaceous , sometimes glandular . Pedicels articulate distal to bracts. Flowers mostly actinomorphic , bisexual , functionally unisexual , or polygamous; perianth persistent , segments free or partially fused at base. Sepals (3-) 5(or 6) . Petals (3-) 5(or 6), imbricate. Corona inserted on hypanthium, composed of filaments or hairs often in multiple series. Stamens (4 or) 5(-60), inserted on androgynophore or at base of hypanthium; filaments free to base or sometimes partially fused; anthers dorsifixed , 2-celled, dehiscing via longitudinal slits, sometimes with apical appendage . Ovary (1-) 3(-5) -carpellate, superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate on elongate androgynophore; placentation parietal ; ovules many, anatropous ; styles (1-) 3(-5), free to partially fused at base; stigmas globose , capitate, papillate , or divided . Fruit a berry or loculicidally 3(-5) -valved capsule. Seeds numerous , compressed , often beaked , enclosed by fleshy aril; testa reticulate or pitted ; endosperm copious , oily; embryo straight; cotyledons foliaceous.

About 16 genera and 660 species: mainly in tropical and subtropical areas, particularly diverse in the New World tropics; two genera and 23 species (seven endemic, seven introduced ) in China.Yinzheng Wang, Shawn E. Krosnick, Peter Møller Jørgensen & David Hearn "Passifloraceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 141. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Carica lanceolata (A. DC.) Benth. & Hook. ex Hieron.
  2. Carica lanceolata (A. DC.) Solms
  3. Papaya lanceolata (A. DC.) Kuntze
  4. Vasconcellea lanceolata A. DC.

Notes

Publishing author : Kuntze Publication : Revis. Gen. Pl. (1891) 253

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Papaya

There are approximately 45 species in this genus:

P. 'T.R. Hovey' (T. R. Hovey Dwarf Papaya) · P. aurantiaca · P. bourgeaui · P. candicans · P. cauliflora · P. cestriflora · P. chilensis · P. citriformis · P. communis · P. cubensis · P. cucumerina · P. cundinamarcensis · P. digitata · P. dodecaphylla · P. edulis · P. erythrocarpa · P. glandulosa · P. gossypifolia · P. gossypiifolia · P. goudotiana · P. gracilis · P. heterophylla · P. lanceolata · P. leaf distortion mosaic virus · P. manihot · P. microcarpa · P. monoica · P. mosaic virus · P. nana · P. paniculata · P. papaya · P. parviflora · P. peltata · P. platanifolia · P. plataniolia · P. posoposa · P. pubescens · P. pyriformis · P. quercifolia · P. ringspot virus · P. rochefortii · P. sativa · P. spinosa · P. tunariensis · P. vulgaris

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Last Revised: 2008-10-01