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Caricaceae

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Taxon taxon Q156673
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Caricaceae

Summary

Caricaceae is a taxon[1]. Caricaceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caricaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Caricaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Caricaceae belongs to the parent taxon Violales[5].
  • Caricaceae is classified within Parietales[6].
  • Caricaceae belongs to the parent taxon Caricales[7].
  • Caricaceae is classified within Brassicales[8].
  • Caricaceae is classified within Capparales[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Caricaceae is Caricaceae[10].
  • Caricaceae's Commons category is recorded as Caricaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Caricaceae is Carica[12].
  • Caricaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caricaceae[13].
  • Caricaceae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Caricaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[15].
  • Caricaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=216[16].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Melonenbaumgewächse'}[17].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Caricáceas'}[18].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Papaijakasvit'}[19].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Caricacées'}[20].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Caricacee'}[21].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'パパイア科'}[22].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Папаи'}[23].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Papayafamilien'}[24].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Melonowcowate'}[25].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Họ Đu đủ'}[26].
  • Caricaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '番木瓜科'}[27].

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Classification

Caricaceae's scientific name is Caricaceae[10]. Caricaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Violales[5], Parietales[6], Caricales[7], Brassicales[8], and Capparales[9]. The taxonomic type of Caricaceae is Carica[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Melonenbaumgewächse'}[17], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Caricáceas'}[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Papaijakasvit'}[19], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Caricacées'}[20], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Caricacee'}[21], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'パパイア科'}[22].

Identifiers

Caricaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62822[28]. Caricaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3647[29]. Caricaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4456[30]. Caricaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6636[31]. Caricaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22322[32].

Why It Matters

Caricaceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2] Caricaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Caricaceae is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Reveal System of Classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Violales, Parietales, Caricales +2
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Carica
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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