Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican / Guatemalan genera Jarilla and Horovitzia
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Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes
Systematic Botany and Mycology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Menzinger Strasse 67, D- 80638 Munich, Germany
antunesfc@gmail.com
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Renner, Susanne S.
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Jarilla heterophylla (Cerv. ex La Llave) Rusby, Torreya 21(3): 50. 1921.
Fig. 5
Mocinna heterophylla
Cerv. ex La Llave, Reg. Trim. 1(3): 351. 1832. Type: Plate V of
Ramirez
, 1894 (neotype, designated by
Diaz-Luna and
Lomeli-Sencion
1992
: 88). Mexico, Jalisco, Zacoalco de Torres, Las Moras, 5 June 2013,
F. A. Carvalho 2240
(epitype, designated here: M; isoepitypes: MEXU, NY, K).
Carica nana
Benth., Pl. Hartw. 288. 1849. Type: Mexico. Guanajuato, Leon,
K. T. Hartweg s.n
. (holotype K [K000500519]; isotype: G-DC n.v.).
Papaya nana
(Benth.) A. DC., Prodr. 15(1): 415. 1864.
Jarilla nana
(Benth.) McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3: 475. 2001.
Remarks.
For differences from
Jarilla caudata
see under that species and in the key.
Jarilla heterophylla
occurs in oak forests, deciduous forests, and abandoned fields of central Mexico at 1500 to 2700 m above sea level.
Figure 5.
Jarilla heterophylla
(Cerv. ex La Llave) Rusby.
A
Epitype of
Mocinna heterophylla
La Llave var.
sesseana
Ramirez
(
F.A. Carvalho 2239
, M)
B
Female inflorescence (uniflora).
C
Female flower showing the short appendages at the base of the ovary
D-E
Fruits and seeds
F
male inflorescence
G-H
Staminate flowers.