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Carica

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Taxon taxon Q1752510
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Carica

Summary

Carica is a taxon[1]. Carica ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carica is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carica belongs to the parent taxon Caricaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carica is Carica[6].
  • Carica's Commons category is recorded as Carica[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Carica is Carica papaya[8].
  • Carica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carica[9].
  • Carica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[10].
  • Carica's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[11].
  • Carica's taxon synonym is recorded as Papaya[12].
  • Carica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2086[13].
  • Carica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'papaya'}[14].
  • Carica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '番木瓜属'}[15].
  • Carica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '番木瓜属'}[16].
  • Carica is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'karika'}[17].

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Classification

Carica's scientific name is Carica[6]. Carica is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Carica is classified within Caricaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Carica is Carica papaya[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'papaya'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '番木瓜属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '番木瓜属'}[16], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'karika'}[17].

Identifiers

Carica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62823[18]. Carica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3648[19]. Carica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49074[20]. Carica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874482[21]. Carica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22323[22].

Why It Matters

Carica ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2] Carica has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Carica is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1), The Encyclopedia Americana
    Taxon rank → genus
    Taxon synonym → Papaya
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530068805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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