Horovitzia

Genus of flowering plants

Horovitzia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Caricaceae
Genus:  | Horovitzia
V.M.Badillo (1993)
Species:  |

H. cnidoscoloides

Binomial name
Horovitzia cnidoscoloides

(Lorence & R.Torres) V.M.Badillo (1993)

Synonyms

Carica cnidoscoloides Lorence & R.Torres (1988)

Horovitzia cnidoscoloides is a plant species in the family Caricaceae, endemic to the cloud forest of Sierra de Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico at elevations of 800 to 1600 meters.[1] It is the only species in the genus Horovitzia. The type specimen was collected in Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca on 9 March 1986

## Description

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Small evergreen dioecious tree 0.5–4 meters tall, with subcapitate stigma, and stinging hairs covering the entire plant. Male flowers have a 3–10 cm long peduncle. Fruits are 6–15 cm long, green when mature, pendulous, ellipsoid with strong ridges. The plant has a chromosome count of 2n = 16.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Carvalho, Fernanda; Renner, Susanne (2013-11-19). "Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican/Guatemalan genera Jarilla and Horovitzia". PhytoKeys (29). Pensoft Publishers: 63–74\. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.6103. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881347. PMID 24399895.63-74&rft.date=2013-11-19&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881347#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=1314-2003&rft_id=info:pmid/24399895&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/phytokeys.29.6103&rft.aulast=Carvalho&rft.aufirst=Fernanda&rft.au=Renner,+Susanne&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881347&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Horovitzia" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Rockinger, Alexander; Sousa, Aretuza; Carvalho, Fernanda A.; Renner, Susanne S. (2016-05-27). "Chromosome number reduction in the sister clade of Carica papaya with concomitant genome size doubling". American Journal of Botany. 103 (6). Wiley: 1082–1088\. doi:10.3732/ajb.1600134. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 27234227.1082-1088&rft.date=2016-05-27&rft.issn=0002-9122&rft_id=info:pmid/27234227&rft_id=info:doi/10.3732/ajb.1600134&rft.aulast=Rockinger&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rft.au=Sousa,+Aretuza&rft.au=Carvalho,+Fernanda+A.&rft.au=Renner,+Susanne+S.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.1600134&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Horovitzia" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* Data related to Horovitzia cnidoscoloides at Wikispecies

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Extant Caricaceae species

Carica|

* C. papaya

Cylicomorpha|

* C. parviflora
* C. solmsii

Horovitzia|

* H. cnidoscoloides

Jacaratia|

* J. chocoensis
* J. corumbensis
* J. digitata
* J. dolichaula
* J. heptaphylla
* J. mexicana
* J. spinosa

Jarilla|

* J. chocola
* J. heterophylla
* J. nana

Vasconcellea|

* V. candicans
* V. cauliflora
* V. cestriflora
* V. chilensis
* V. crassipetala
* V. glandulosa
* V. goudotiana
* V. horovitziana
* V. longiflora
* V. microcarpa
* V. monoica
* V. omnilingua
* V. palandensis
* V. parviflora
* V. pubescens
* V. pulchra
* V. quercifolia
* V. sphaerocarpa
* V. sprucei
* V. stipulata
* V. weberbaueri

Taxon identifiers

Carica cnidoscoloides|

* Wikidata: Q15588261
* CoL: RCYC
* GBIF: 3838674
* GRIN: 465753
* iNaturalist: 277707
* IPNI: 274137-2
* Open Tree of Life: 131523
* Plant List: kew-2700873
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274137-2
* Tropicos: 50182971
* WFO: wfo-0000587961

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