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The genus Papaya is in the family Caricaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Papaya

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Papaya aurantiaca (Regel) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Papaya cundinamarcencis Kuntze	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Papaya digitata Baill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Papaya dodecaphylla Baill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Papaya goudotiana (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Papaya paniculata (Spruce) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Papaya parviflora (A. DC.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 13 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Papaya. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 13 species names for the genus Papaya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	30.8%
◕	Synonym	1	7.7%
◕	Unplaced	5	38.5%
◕	Unassessed	3	23.1%

All names

The status of the 13 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Papaya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	30.8%
◕	Synonym	1	7.7%
◕	Unplaced	5	38.5%
◕	Unassessed	3	23.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 13 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Papaya, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	4	1	0	0	5	38.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	5	3	8	61.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Papaya is as follows: